The Week in Photos: From a Naturalization Ceremony in California to a Scorching Summer Day Near Paris

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Updated:: Dec 4, 2017
Original:: Jun 24, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel writes in a condolences book for former chancellor Helmut Kohl on June 18th, 2017, in Berlin, Germany. — German Chancellor Angela Merkel writes in a condolences book for former chancellor Helmut Kohl on June 18th, 2017, in Berlin, Germany.
(Photo: Steffi Loos/Getty Images)

A newly naturalized citizen holds a U.S. flag after being sworn in as an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony on June 19th, 2017, in San Francisco, California. Twenty-nine former refugees from 17 different countries were sworn in during a ceremony to mark World Refugee Day, which falls on this date every year. — A newly naturalized citizen holds a U.S. flag after being sworn in as an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony on June 19th, 2017, in San Francisco, California. Twenty-nine former refugees from 17 different countries were sworn in during a ceremony to mark World Refugee Day, which falls on this date every year.
(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A camel is seen in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on June 20th, 2017. — A camel is seen in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on June 20th, 2017.
(Photo: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant in Pantin near Porte de La Villette, north of Paris, on June 21st, 2017. — A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant in Pantin near Porte de La Villette, north of Paris, on June 21st, 2017.
(Photo: Laurent Emmanuel/Getty Images)

Police arrest a woman protesting against the Senate Republicans' draft health-care bill outside the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on June 22nd, 2017. — Police arrest a woman protesting against the Senate Republicans' draft health-care bill outside the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on June 22nd, 2017.
(Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

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Danil Medvedev of Russia serves during the Gentlemen's Singles first round match against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3rd, 2017, in London, England.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

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A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) greets a crowd of supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally on July 31st, 2017, in Gakenke ahead of the August 4th presidential election. Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front Party have held an iron grip on power since overthrowing the extremist Hutu regime, which perpetrated the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis.

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A man dressed in a clown outfit distributes balloons to children as confetti is thrown by the Dome of the Rock inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1st, 2017.

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Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Reinfjorden in Reine, on Lofoten Islands, Arctic Circle, on September 8th, 2017.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Lightning strikes in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 25th, 2017, during a summer rain storm.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.