Holidays

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

Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

African Heritage Dancers dance to the African Heritage Drummers during a Kwanzaa celebration at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Children and families enjoy the houses on Franklin Road lit with Christmas lights on December 1st, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Runners dressed in Father Christmas costumes arrive to take part in the annual five kilometer Santa Dash in Liverpool, England, on December 3rd, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Research shows the act of re-gifting bothers the re-gifter more than it does anyone else.

• By Kate Wheeling

A keeper clad in a Santa Claus costume feeds Magellanic penguins in a water tank as part of Christmas events at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An orthodox Jewish Israeli walks past an inflatable figure of Santa Claus in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem on December 20th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Bystanders admire a Christmas display along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Unless it's motivated by fear, social withdrawal can be a positive thing.

• By Tom Jacobs

This Thanksgiving, skip the extra beer and take the higher ground in your family debate; chances are, your relatives will follow your example.

• By Jared Keller

Asking them about their healthy habits, it turns out.

• By Francie Diep

A study shows that most of the variation in plants and trees comes down to just two factors: overall size and the "leaf economics spectrum."

• By Nathan Collins

From ironic nostalgia to festive simulation.

• By Kerri Scheer