Viewfinder: Airstrikes in West Mosul

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Mar 7, 2017

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Smoke rises following an airstrike in Mosul, Iraq, on March 6th, 2017, during an offensive by Iraqi forces to take back the western part of the city from the Islamic State. (Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

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People light candles as they observe a vigil outside Notting Hill Methodist Church following the blaze at Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London on June 15th, 2017.

People light candles as they observe a vigil outside Notting hill Methodist Church following the blaze at Grenfell Tower.

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Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017. Government troops clashed with Kurdish fighters Monday near the disputed city, seizing a military base and oil fields in a major operation sparked by a controversial independence referendum.

Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017.