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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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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