The Week in Photos: From Oktoberfest in Germany to Navratri in India

Pacific Standard Staff
September 23, 2017
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
An Indian craftsman makes effigies of the Hindu demon king Ravana at a workshop in Amritsar on September 22nd, 2017. Held at the end of the Navratri Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
Bands in traditional uniforms march in a costume parade on the second day of the 2017 Oktoberfest beer fest on September 17th, 2017, in Munich, Germany.
Bands in traditional uniforms march in a costume parade on the second day of the 2017 Oktoberfest beer fest on September 17th, 2017, in Munich, Germany.

(Photo: Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

A man takes photos with a mobile phone as sellers walk through debris in a market after a fire devastated the building overnight on September 18th, 2017, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan.
A man takes photos with a mobile phone as sellers walk through debris in a market after a fire devastated the building overnight on September 18th, 2017, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan.

(Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. soldiers participate in a South Korea-U.S. combined arms collective training exercise at the U.S. Army's Rodriguez shooting range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul, near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on September 19th, 2017.
U.S. soldiers participate in a South Korea-U.S. combined arms collective training exercise at the U.S. Army’s Rodriguez shooting range in Pocheon, about 70 km northeast of Seoul, near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on September 19th, 2017.

(Photo: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

People hold flowers during a protest near the Economy headquarters of Catalonia's regional government in Barcelona on September 20th, 2017.
People hold flowers during a protest near the Economy headquarters of Catalonia’s regional government in Barcelona on September 20th, 2017.

(Photo: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers make the signal for silence during the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21st, 2017, two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico.
Rescuers make the signal for silence during the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21st, 2017, two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico.

(Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian craftsman makes effigies of the Hindu demon king Ravana at a workshop in Amritsar on September 22nd, 2017. Held at the end of the Navratri Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
An Indian craftsman makes effigies of the Hindu demon king Ravana at a workshop in Amritsar on September 22nd, 2017. Held at the end of the Navratri Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

(Photo: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

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