Bali

An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead and at least 20,000 people have been left homeless after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Lombok and neighboring Bali.
News in Brief

Viewfinder: An Earthquake in Indonesia

An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.

A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017.
News in Brief

The Week in Photos: From an Eruption in Bali to an Election in Honduras

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

Balinese Hindus take part in a ceremony, where they pray near Mount Agung in hope of preventing a volcanic eruption, in Muntig village of the Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on November 26th, 2017.
News in Brief

Viewfinder: Praying at a Volcano in Bali

Balinese Hindus take part in a ceremony, where they pray near Mount Agung in hope of preventing a volcanic eruption, on November 26th, 2017.

Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey on August 30th, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
Environment

A Take on Earth's Temperature, Post-Bali

A round-up of research taken in the wake of the Bali summit on climate change finds little to warm the heart with the one exception that Atlantic hurricanes may grow more numerous but less fierce.