Holidays

If nothing else, there's comfort in knowing most people will fall short of their goals.

• By Max Ufberg

A Venezuelan migrant rests next to a Christmas tree at an improvised camp near a bus terminal in Bogota, Colombia.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Shoppers purchase sweets from a stall at the Manchester Christmas Market on November 9th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Panicked about some last-minute Christmas shopping? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

• By Max Ufberg

Two men carry freshly cut conifers to be used as Christmas trees at the Gut Kuehren plantation in Kuehren near Kiel, northern Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Envy Silva, whose family is originally from Guatemala, holds a holiday toy she received from immigration activists across the street from the Miramar Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in South Florida.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A pilgrim arrives on his knees at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City during the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint, on December 12th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An employee at the job center in the city of Rostock, Germany, inspects candidates for a position at the center's Santa Claus agency on December 11th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Karen Pence attend a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on December 6th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Coal miners from Poland's Pniowek coal mine carry a painting of Saint Barbara on Barbórka, their annual day of tribute to Barbara, from the mine to their local church on December 4th, 2018, in Pawlowice, near Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (right) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier light Europe's largest menorah during a public ceremony on the first night of Hanukkah, on December 2nd, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Workers help prepare a Christmas tree for sale at a Holiday Sale Christmas Tree lot on November 29th, 2018, in Miami, Florida.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Two years after Election Day, Trump dominates virtually every aspect of public life. How about we take a break for a day?

• By Jared Keller

The two pardoned turkeys, Peas and Carrots, will spend the rest of their lives at a farm after the annual Thanksgiving presidential tradition.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

President Donald Trump lights a "diya," or oil lamp, as Indian Ambassador to the United States Navtej Singh Sarna looks on during a Diwali ceremony at the White House on November 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Homelessness, a chaotic VA, PTSD, and a shrinking cohort are just some of the challenges for the group—and the country.

• By Emma Sarappo

Revelers parade through the streets of Lewes in East Sussex, southern England, on November 5th, 2018, during traditional Bonfire Night celebrations.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The national holiday celebrates the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People scramble to reach the roof of an overcrowded train at a station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 20th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

New research finds that, after Trump's election, holiday gatherings with relatives who voted for the other party were often abbreviated.

• By Tom Jacobs

A boy poses with a pillow shaped like lips on sale for Valentine's Day in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, on February 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Find your purpose, forgive yourself for slip-ups, and have someone gently prod you.

• By Francie Diep

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff