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Viewfinder: Bomb Threats Reach Midtown Manhattan

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Oct 25, 2018
Updated on: Oct 24, 2018

A New York Bomb Squad officer walks out of the Time Warner Building in Manhattan, New York, on October 24th, 2018, after a suspected explosive device was delivered to CNN's New York bureau. The bomb was addressed to John Brennan, President Barack Obama's former Central Intelligence Agency director and a critic of President Donald Trump. Bombs were also sent to Obama and other prominent Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, and George Soros.
(Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Viewfinder is Pacific Standard's daily photo feature, showcasing one image from the news.

Metropolitan Detention Center security staff and the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Special Operations Response Team patrol the grounds after reports of a bomb threat at the facility on February 4th, 2019, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Power has been fully restored to the prison after inmates suffered the past week without heat or access to televisions, computers, or telephones. On Monday morning, the facility received a bomb threat following a weekend of protests against the frigid conditions and just hours after defense lawyers filed a lawsuit over this "humanitarian crisis."

Security staff patrol the grounds of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after reports of a bomb threat at the facility on February 4th, 2019.

Sri Lankan officials inspect St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, after one of the multiple explosions targeting churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, April 21st, 2019. Across three church bombings, and three luxury hotel bombings, at least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

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Across three church and three luxury hotel bombings in Negombo, at least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

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Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York State Supreme Court on October 11th, 2018, in New York City, a year after the sexual assault and harassment charges against him broke.

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A woman reacts after being rescued from the Dusit Hotel on January 15th, 2019, in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Polar Bear Club swimmers make their annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

The Reverend Canon Dr. Chris Collingwood, York Minster's Canon Chancellor, lights some of the 600 candles in the form of the Star of David set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England. The ceremony in the minster is one of many international events for Holocaust Memorial Day, held on January 27th. This date marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. The international theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 is "Torn From Home," which encourages people to reflect on how the enforced loss of a safe place to call home is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which began in April of 1994, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the Cambodian genocide, which ended in 1979.

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Six hundred candles in the form of the Star of David are set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England.

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