The Week in Photos: From a Protest in New York City to Clashes in the West Bank

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

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Nov 11, 2017

Police block environmental protesters at the Hambach brown coal mine on November 5th, 2017, near Kerpen, Germany. — Police block environmental protesters at the Hambach brown coal mine on November 5th, 2017, near Kerpen, Germany.
(Photo: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images)

Labor activists join DNAinfo and Gothamist employees in rallying in support of the journalists who lost their jobs after they voted to form a union at the local news websites on November 6th, 2017, in New York City. — Labor activists join DNAinfo and Gothamist employees in rallying in support of the journalists who lost their jobs after they voted to form a union at the local news websites on November 6th, 2017, in New York City.
(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Maria Durand and her daughter, Lupita Alcoces, visit a memorial on the edge of town honoring the 26 worshippers killed at the First Baptist Church on November 7th, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Durand, who teaches bible study at the church, lost several friends in the shooting. — Maria Durand and her daughter, Lupita Alcoces, visit a memorial on the edge of town honoring the 26 worshippers killed at the First Baptist Church on November 7th, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Durand, who teaches bible study at the church, lost several friends in the shooting.
(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Indian visitors walk through the courtyard of the Jama Masjid mosque amid heavy smog in the old quarters of New Delhi on November 8th, 2017. The city's pollution levels hit nearly 30 times the World Health Organization safe level on Wednesday. — Indian visitors walk through the courtyard of the Jama Masjid mosque amid heavy smog in the old quarters of New Delhi on November 8th, 2017. The city's pollution levels hit nearly 30 times the World Health Organization safe level on Wednesday.
(Photo: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

Syrian boys swing on the playground outside their damaged school on November 9th, 2017, in the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta town of Hamouriyah, following air raids by government forces the previous day. — Syrian boys swing on the playground outside their damaged school on November 9th, 2017, in the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta town of Hamouriyah, following air raids by government forces the previous day.
(Photo: Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian protester runs past burning tires during a clash with Israeli forces over occupation in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the occupied West Bank, on November 10th, 2017. — A Palestinian protester runs past burning tires during a clash with Israeli forces over occupation in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the occupied West Bank, on November 10th, 2017.
(Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan coast guardsman stands on a boat during the rescue of 147 undocumented immigrants attempting to reach Europe off the coastal town of Zawiyah, 45 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli, on June 27th, 2017. More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, Italy's coastguard said.

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

Indonesian youths play at a game center surrounded by floodwaters after seasonal rains hit Bandung on November 17th, 2017.

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

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.

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

A Cal Fire firefighter looks through a car next to a home that was destroyed by a mudslide on January 12th, 2018, in Montecito, California.

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

Birds fly past as Marine One, with President Donald Trump on board, lands on the South Lawn of the White House on December 21st, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

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

People waving Palestinian and Turkish flags gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 8th, 2017, in Berlin, Germany.

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