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Viewfinder: Celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Dec 13, 2018
Updated on: Dec 12, 2018

A pilgrim arrives on his knees at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City during the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint, on December 12th, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make the trip to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year for the feast day. — A pilgrim arrives on his knees at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City during the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint, on December 12th, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make the trip to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year for the feast day.
(Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

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A demonstrator shouts slogans in front of the Senate building during a protest against the potential approval of an internal security law that would allow the army to act as police, in Mexico City, on December 14th, 2017.

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People pay homage to earthquake victims in Mexico City on September 19th, 2018, on the anniversary of two deadly earthquakes.