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Spokeswoman of En Comu Podem Party Elisenda Alamany looks on during a Catalonia Parliamentary session on October 2nd, 2018, in Barcelona, Spain. Members of the Parliament of Catalonia voted to reject a suspension of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and five others from government service. The vote came a day after police and protesters clashed on the anniversary of the Catalonian independence referendum.
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Viewfinder: The Parliament of Catalonia Pushes Back

Members of the Parliament of Catalonia voted to reject a suspension of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and five others from government service.

People hold banners reading Freedom for Political Prisoners in front of Barcelona's city hall on December 4th, 2017, during a demonstration demanding the release of jailed separatist leaders.
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Viewfinder: Demonstrating for Political Prisoners in Barcelona

People hold banners in front of Barcelona's city hall on December 4th, 2017, during a demonstration demanding the release of jailed separatist leaders.

People hold flowers during a protest near the Economy headquarters of Catalonia's regional government in Barcelona on September 20th, 2017.
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Viewfinder: Spanish Police Storm Catalan Government Buildings

People hold flowers during a protest near the Economy headquarters of Catalonia's regional government in Barcelona on September 20th, 2017.

Protesters gather outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Pretoria on September 15th, 2017, during a demonstration against Naypyidaw's alleged "ethnic cleansing" of its Rohingya minority. The march by hundreds of demonstrators outside Myanmar's embassy turned violent on September 15th, an AFP journalist reported, and police outside the mission in Pretoria fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse the angry crowd.
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The Week in Photos: From Pope Francis in Colombia to a Pro-Independence Rally in Barcelona

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

People hold a banner reading "Independence now!" in Catalan as they gather during a pro-independence demonstration, on September 11th, 2017, in Barcelona during the National Day of Catalonia. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans were expected to rally to demand their region break away from Spain in a show of strength three weeks ahead of a secession referendum banned by Madrid. The protest coincides with Catalonia's national day, the "Diada," which commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms.
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Viewfinder: A Pro-Independence Rally in Barcelona

People hold a banner reading "Independence now!" in Catalan as they gather during a pro-independence demonstration, on September 11th, 2017, in Barcelona during the National Day of Catalonia.

Tourists sunbathe on the terrace of an hotel with the Sagrada Familia in the background in Barcelona, Spain, on September 5th, 2017.
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Viewfinder: Sunbathing in Barcelona Before Summer Ends

Tourists sunbathe on the terrace of an hotel with the Sagrada Familia in the background in Barcelona, Spain, on September 5th, 2017.

Local residents and policemen fight a huge fire in the Moravia neighborhood in Medellin on August 18th, 2017. The Moravia sector is known for having been built on a garbage dump and for being the base for late drug lord Pablo Escobar's first political campaign and where he helped to build a football field and to install the electric network.
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The Week in Photos: From Independence Celebrations in South Asia to an Attack in Barcelona

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

Medics and police tend to injured people near the scene of a terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, on August 17th, 2017.
Social Justice

Trump's Racism Crisis Deepens Over His Barcelona Comments

It took days for the president to respond to the tragedy in Charlottesville, but just minutes to respond to the one in Barcelona.

The van that ploughed into a crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on August 18th, 2017. A driver deliberately rammed a van into a crowd on Barcelona's most popular street on August 17th, 2017, police said. Officers in Spain's second-largest city said the ramming on Las Ramblas was a 'terrorist attack'. The driver of a van that mowed into a packed street in Barcelona is still on the run, Spanish police said.
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Viewfinder: The Aftermath of a Terrorist Attack in Barcelona

The van that ploughed into a crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on August 18th, 2017.

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Smartphone Snapshots

Strange scenes from the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona