Viewfinder

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

Students gather at a gun control rally at the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Students from area high schools participated in the event to mark the one-year anniversary of a nationwide gun violence walkout protest that was prompted by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Viewfinder: D.C. Area High School Students Protest Gun Violence

Students gather at a gun control rally at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Viewfinder: A School Shooting in Brazil

Funeral cars carrying bodies leave the public school where two former students opened fire on March 13th, 2019, in Suzano, Brazil.

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Viewfinder: Elephants Race in Vietnam

Mahouts ride their elephants in a river swimming race during the Buon Don elephant festival in Vietnam's Central Highlands in the Dak Lak province on March 12th, 2019.

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Viewfinder: Locals Examine Debris From the Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash

Two local boys examine a pile of twisted metal gathered by workers during the continuing recovery efforts at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 11th, 2019, in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

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Police move to disperse thousands of people marching down Istiklal Street during a rally for International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 8th, 2019.

Viewfinder: Istanbul Police Disperse International Women’s Day Rally

Police tried to break up the rally as marchers moved down Istiklal Street.

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A San Francisco city worker holds a sign as workers march during a rally outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7th, 2019, in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of San Francisco city workers staged a rally to demand a fair contract that addresses pay equity for women.

Viewfinder: San Francisco City Workers Demand Equal Pay For Women

Workers march during a rally outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7th, 2019, in San Francisco, California.

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Nahren Anweya (left) and Rabia Kazan (right), of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition, call for the resignation of United States Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 6th, 2019. The same day, others held a press conference to support Omar in the midst of her controversial comments criticizing pro-Israel lawmakers for potential "allegiance" to a foreign country.

Viewfinder: The Middle Eastern Women’s Coalition Calls for Omar’s Resignation

Members of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition call for the resignation of United States Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 6th, 2019.

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Viewfinder: Celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans

A member of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club marches down St. Charles Avenue during a Mardi Gras parade on March 5th, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Viewfinder: A Lake Turns Pink in Melbourne

Two stilts look out over a lake that has turned a vivid pink thanks to extreme salt levels further exacerbated by hot weather, in Melbourne, Australia.

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President Donald Trump hugs the United States flag during CPAC 2019 on March 2nd, 2019.

Viewfinder: Donald Trump Speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference

President Donald Trump hugged the United States flag during CPAC 2019.

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