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Royal Caribbean's new Oasis-class cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, the largest passenger ship ever to be constructed by gross tonnage and built by French shipyard STX, is pictured on February 13th, 2018, in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France.

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Ian Hurley

Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos. Commercial activities in the bustling Ikeja district of Lagos were grounded as people danced along the major roads to celebrate the second edition of the Lagos street carnival, heralding the Christmas and New Year's period.

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Viewfinder: Performers at a Street Carnival in Lagos

Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos.

Pacific Standard Staff

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Christmas Market in Germany

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg on November 27th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place since 1966 and now has an attendance of over two million people.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Walking Home After One of England’s Largest Carnivals

Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

Economics

It’s February, Do You Know Where Your Anthropologist Is?

Starting later this week, accelerating through the weekend, and exploding by next Tuesday, the world will be entering…

Marc Herman