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The coffin of Santa Fe High School shooting victim Sabika Sheikh, 17, is carried during her funeral service in Stafford, Texas, on May, 20th, 2018. Sheikh was an exchange student from Pakistan.

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Viewfinder: A Funeral for a Victim of the Santa Fe High School Shooting

The coffin of Santa Fe High School shooting victim Sabika Sheikh, 17, is carried during her funeral service in Stafford, Texas, on May, 20th, 2018.

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A Venezuelan opposition activist is backdropped by a burning barricade during a demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, on April 24th, 2017. Protesters rallied on Monday vowing to block Venezuela's main roads to raise pressure on Maduro after three weeks of deadly unrest that have left 21 people dead. Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up one of the first rallies in eastern Caracas early Monday while other groups were gathering elsewhere, the opposition said.

The Trouble With Venezuela’s Upcoming Presidential Election (in Photos)

Life under Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regime is likely to continue as Venezuela heads into a presidential election this Sunday.

Ashley Hackett

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Ciri, northern Burundi, on May 17th, 2018, during a referendum on constitutional reforms that, if passed, will shore up the power of incumbent president and enable him to rule until 2034. For many critics, the referendum is yet another blow to hopes of lasting peace in the fledgling democracy, which experienced decades of conflict marked by violence between majority Hutu and the minority Tutsi who had long held power.

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Viewfinder: A Contentious Referendum in Burundi

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Ciri, northern Burundi, on May 17th, 2018, during a referendum on constitutional reforms that, if passed, will shore up the power of incumbent president and enable him to rule until 2034.

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"No to the Maduro circus. The candidate Maduro promises to solve the problems that the President Maduro could not." An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demonstrates in front of the Organization of American States offices in Caracas on May 16th, 2018.

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Viewfinder: Anti-Maduro Protests in Venezuela

"No to the Maduro circus. The candidate Maduro promises to solve the problems that the President Maduro could not."

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Major Peter Norton GC grips a program in his prosthetic hand as he waits to greet Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (not seen) at the door as he attends the bi-annual service of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association at St Martin-in-the-Fields on May 15th, 2018, in London, England. Major Norton lost an arm and a leg while leading an EOD team in Iraq in 2005.

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Viewfinder: An Award Ceremony in London

Major Peter Norton GC grips a program in his prosthetic hand as he waits to greet Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (not seen) at the door as he attends the bi-annual service of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association.

Ashley Hackett

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018. A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia, police said, a day after a deadly wave of attacks on churches staged by another family.

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Viewfinder: A Candlelight Vigil in Indonesia

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018.

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Israelis march in Jerusalem on May 13th, 2018, as they celebrate Jerusalem Day.

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Viewfinder: Israelis Celebrate Jerusalem Day

Israelis march in Jerusalem on May 13th, 2018, as they celebrate Jerusalem Day.

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Relatives of earthquake victims burn offerings at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county during the 10-year anniversary on May 11th, 2018, in the Sichuan province of China. Beichuan county was relocated a decade after it was destroyed by the 2008 earthquake in which more than 15,000 people died.

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The Week in Photos: From a Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii to Earthquake Offerings in China

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

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Alex Hintermair clings to his ox Maxl during a race on Ascension in Bavaria on May 10th, 2018, in Taufkirchen, Germany. Ox racing is a sport in Bavaria, though when a Taufkirchen fraternity sought to hold an ox race to celebrate its 125th anniversary the organizers could not find enough male oxen trained for racing, so they broadened the race parameters to include camels. Eight oxen and four camels took part in the 100-meter-long race in a combination of animals that is reportedly a first in Bavarian history.

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Viewfinder: Oxen Races in Germany

Alex Hintermair clings to his ox Maxl during a race on Ascension in Bavaria on May 10th, 2018, in Taufkirchen, Germany.

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People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

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Viewfinder: A World War II Remembrance in Saint Petersburg

People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff