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Eritrean women hold up their nation's flag on July 18th, 2018, to welcome passengers on the flight from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at Asmara International Airport.

Reunions in Ethiopia and Eritrea (in Photos)

Since the countries' leaders signed a peace agreement on July 9th, Ethiopia and Eritrea have withdrawn troops and re-opened travel.

Emily Moon

Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018. Many Lebanese nationals are refraining from heading to the beach this summer after reports about high levels of pollution along the country's Mediterranean coast, despite reassurances from government officials that the beaches remain safe.

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Viewfinder: Plastic Bottles Pile Up on the Coast in Lebanon

Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's family detention and separation policies for migrants along the southern border, near the New York offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on July 18th, 2018, in New York City.

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Viewfinder: Protesting Family Separations Outside the ICE Office in New York

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's recent family detention and separation policies.

Pacific Standard Staff

People take cover from the rain in Midtown New York on July 17th, 2018, as a sudden storm hit the area with flash food warning in the Tri-State area.

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Viewfinder: Sudden and Heavy Rain in New York

People take cover from the rain in Midtown New York on July 17th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Managua on July 16th, 2018. Government forces in Nicaragua on Saturday shot dead two young men at a protest site in a church, the clergy said, on the third day of nationwide demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega, a former revolutionary hero now accused of authoritarianism.

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Viewfinder: Mourning the Death of Young Protesters in Nicaragua

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

Pacific Standard Staff

Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

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Viewfinder: Players Celebrate France’s World Cup Final Victory Over Croatia

Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Pacific Standard Staff

Supporters of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif march toward the airport ahead of his arrival from London, in a rally led by Shahbaz Sharif, Nawaz's younger brother and the head of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Party (PML-N), in Lahore on July 13th, 2018.

Election Violence Escalates in Pakistan Following the Prime Minister’s Ousting (in Photos)

A spate of deadly bombings has killed more than 100 people at election rallies across the country.

Emily Moon

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stand on the steps in the Great Court on the first day of Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

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Viewfinder: President Trump Arrives in the U.K. for a Four-Day Visit

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stand on the steps in the Great Court on the first day of Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

Pacific Standard Staff