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Fishermen row through heavy snowfall as they return to the shores of Lake Ohrid in Pogradec, Albania, on February 27th, 2018. Heavy snow and low temperatures have hit the Balkan countries, including Albania, causing problems for the traffic and power supply.

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Viewfinder: Fishermen Row Through Heavy Snowfall in Albania

Fishermen row through heavy snowfall as they return to the shores of Lake Ohrid in Pogradec, Albania, on February 27th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Displaced Syrians, who fled their homes in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, carry boxes of humanitarian aid supplied by the United Nations Children's Fund at a refugee camp in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province on February 26th, 2018.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: A Refugee Camp in Northeastern Syria

Displaced Syrians carry boxes of humanitarian aid supplied by the United Nations Children's Fund at a refugee camp in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province on February 26th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A group of environmental activists hold a traditional ceremony during an event called Marry a Tree, in the community of San Jacinto Amilpas, Mexico, on February 25th, 2018. Marry a Tree began as a ritual of giving thanks to Mother Earth carried out by the organization Bedani; it later gave way to a symbolic wedding based on Inca customs where women and men marry trees in a rite led by Peruvian actor and environmentalist Richard Torres.

Environment

Viewfinder: Marrying a Tree in Mexico

A group of environmental activists hold a traditional ceremony during an event called Marry a Tree, in the community of San Jacinto Amilpas, Mexico, on February 25th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

An Afghan man and children play with a kite on a rooftop overlooking Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, on February 23rd, 2018.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: From Welcoming Back Loved Ones in Sudan to the Winter Olympics in South Korea

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

Pacific Standard Staff

Franziska Preuss of Germany shoots during the women's biathlon 4x6-kilometer relay on day 13 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre on February 22nd, 2018, in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.

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Viewfinder: Women’s Biathlon at the Winter Olympics in South Korea

Franziska Preuss of Germany shoots during the women's biathlon 4x6-kilometer relay on day 13 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Pacific Standard Staff

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018, to protest against the trade deal negotiations in Brussels between Mercosur and the European Union. The negotiations include a revision of the map of disadvantaged areas through which certain communes receive aid.

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Viewfinder: Farmers in France Protest Trade Deal Negotiations

A person in a cow costume walks near farmers in their tractors, which block Gustave-Flaubert Bridge in Rouen, France, during a demonstration on February 21st, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

People visit the exhibition "Haneen, a Collective Work of Lebanese and Syrian Artists on the Impact of War on Childhood," in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on February 20th, 2018. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the exhibition, which underlines how children experience war through works inspired by poetry by Syrian refugee children.

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Viewfinder: A UNICEF Arts Exhibition in Beirut

People visit the exhibition "Haneen, a Collective Work of Lebanese and Syrian Artists on the Impact of War on Childhood," in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on February 20th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Greenpeace activists hold a poster reading "We Have the Right to Clean Air" as they stage an action against diesel exhaust on February 19th, 2018, in Stuttgart, Germany. A verdict of Germany's Federal Administrative Court is expected on February 22nd, ruling whether cities with high nitrogen oxide pollution could be allowed to ban diesel cars.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: Greenpeace Activists in Germany

Greenpeace activists stage an action against diesel cars on February 19th, 2018, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Pacific Standard Staff

People wait outside the Kobar prison in Khartoum, Sudan, on February 18th, 2018, to welcome their loved ones after the government released dozens of opposition activists who were arrested last month when authorities cracked down on protests against rising food prices.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: Welcoming Back Loved Ones in Sudan

People wait outside the Kobar prison in Khartoum, Sudan, on February 18th, 2018, to welcome their loved ones after the government released dozens of opposition activists.

Pacific Standard Staff

A fire breather blows flames in a traditional dragon dance on the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown district of Yangon, Myanmar, on February 16th, 2018.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: From Protests Against Bullfighting in Colombia to Celebrations of the Lunar New Year in Myanmar

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

Pacific Standard Staff