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Viewfinder: Walking Home After One of England's Largest Carnivals

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Aug 29, 2017
Updated on: Dec 4, 2017

Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place since 1966 and now has an attendance of over two million people. — Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place since 1966 and now has an attendance of over two million people.
(Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

A firefighter tackles a wildfire close to the village of Pucarica in Abrantes on August 10th, 2017. Nearly 3,000 firefighters battled 80 wildfires raging across Portugal civil protection officials said, as the return of scorching heat put an end to the respite after a spate of blazes. Some 650 firefighters backed by nine water-dropping aircraft and over 200 vehicles were at the scene of the biggest blaze in a forest near the central town of Abrantes.

A firefighter tackles a wildfire close to the village of Pucarica in Abrantes on August 10th, 2017.

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile on August 7th, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the largest performing arts festival in the world, with an excess of 30,000 performances of more than 2,000 shows.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile on August 7th, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Seventeen-year-old Heba Seifalden Shahein, who was born with congenital amputation in one leg, trains at a riding school in Gaza City on July 5th, 2017. Heba, who lives between Norway and Gaza, started riding at the beginning of the year and she will compete in a local competition in July.

Seventeen-year-old Heba Seifalden Shahein, who was born with congenital amputation in one leg, trains at a riding school in Gaza City on July 5th, 2017.

People gather on Fistral beach as surfers compete in a heat of the World Surf League Boardmasters Quicksilver Open at the annual Boardmasters festival on August 9th, 2017, in Cornwall, England. Since 1981, the Boardmasters surfing competition has been held in Newquay and is now part of a larger five-day surf, skate, and music festival. It attracts professional surfers from across the globe to compete on the Cornish beach that is seen by many as the birthplace of modern British surfing.

People gather on Fistral beach as surfers compete in a heat of the World Surf League Boardmasters Quicksilver Open at the annual Boardmasters festival on August 9th, 2017, in Cornwall, England.

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