Walk Outs and Throw Downs – Our Visual Roundup of the Week

This photo has circulated widely. We imagine, because of the way in separates gun violence from hysteria surrounding immigration and Islam. #nationalwalkoutday #domesticterrorism Shannon Stapleton/@reuterspictures #GunReform pic.twitter.com/Knt3FscywL

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 15, 2018

Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds. The student movement for gun reform kept up the political momentum in a big way with their 17 minute national school walkout. At the White House, the president was in the midst of what could legitimately be called a personnel and policy rampage. With an impulsive Trump tightening his singular control over the Presidency, basically doing every job, new policies (import tariffs, a Trump-Un mano a mano summit) and new firing and hirings dominated the news. (So long to Rex, who will not be missed at the limping State Department, either. But watch out for the Trump-like Pompeo.) And for a touch of class, we note the passing of the brilliant Stephen Hawking.

Tynesha Tatum attends #nationalwalkoutday at Huffman High School in Birmingham where her daughter Courtlin was fatally shot last Wednesday. “The next one” is a meaningless phrase. Photo: Brynn Anderson @AP_Images #GunReform #deepcondolences pic.twitter.com/dP5pL2OBcR

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 15, 2018

Putting faces with the names. @Joshua_Roberts_ @ReutersPictures Gonzaga College High School DC on #nationalwalkoutday pic.twitter.com/KQ66ViQBMz

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 15, 2018

No surprise ATL HS brings #race into equation by evoking #TakeAKnee. #StonemanDouglas kids, in particular, have been adamant gun scourge not any way equal, and goes way beyond school. #nationalwalkoutday https://t.co/Ys1JMN3ycu pic.twitter.com/DVvGHpbOF1

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 14, 2018

Incredible scene right now on Capitol Hill. #notonemore #enough #NeverAgain #ThrowThemOut pic.twitter.com/Ve4a1x6UtD

— CSGV (@CSGV) March 13, 2018

Considering the 7k pairs of shoes in front of the Capitol-one for every child killed by #guns since Sandy Hook. Timing-wise, as much as an act of conscience, or shaming, it anticipates the #midterms as a true reckoning. https://t.co/zMMDFmArpc

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 13, 2018

Pix this week: #StonemanDouglas kids not happy w #DeVos visit. Met w no students, school journos tagged along. Pic, by school paper staffer, seemed to circulate as pushback. Kyra Parrow https://t.co/slgioyu5Gw https://t.co/fRE1nYgHAk pic.twitter.com/Zdd3bWFbLA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 10, 2018

After walking back most #gunreform support in the quiet of weekend media, @WhiteHouse releases this intimate, March 8 photo of @FLOTUS with #StonemanDouglas student, Kyle Hashuv, this Monday morning on Instagram. Comm team alive and well. pic.twitter.com/UrUYAVQoSH

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 12, 2018

There are practical reasons for shooting those massive #borderwall prototypes from ground level. Need it even be said, though, what makes the portrait is his edifice complex. @Lamarquephotog @reuterspictures #ego #mania #sandiego pic.twitter.com/mc7J7DDRFU

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 15, 2018

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson exits down a hallway after speaking at a news conference at the State Department. @realDonaldTrump has fired Tillerson in a major staff reshuffle just as Trump dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea. (AP  Photo/Andrew Harnik) @AP_Images pic.twitter.com/ThnENSrpKX

— Andrew Harnik (@andyharnik) March 13, 2018

Exit sign yes, but more interested apparent proximity of face to the concrete wall. https://t.co/E7mBaAKdXM

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 13, 2018

Reading @davidbutow’s #Pompeo Insta as commentary (and landscape), the future is grave. pic.twitter.com/AbK9a2DpTN

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 13, 2018

A @Whitehouse Insta. Vader-ish cop-as-helmet conveys a jones for the hard line. pic.twitter.com/kt2MoA0sBH

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 10, 2018

Little no more. Great Insta choice by @Politico illustrating warhead Un’s seduction of #Trump. Meetup plan makes Macron and his Bastille Day look like peanuts. 7 mics up! @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/wmMVAxD3MU

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 9, 2018

How slick was #KimJongUn‘s Trump invite? Not 1, but 2 NK slideshows fronting @reuterspictures today (Faces of NK & Scenes from NK) suggest the instant “yes” already paying humanizing dividends. #TheMediaFront https://t.co/svDBfw3rZS pic.twitter.com/ogMyuaOeHr

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) March 12, 2018

This photo of Stephen Hawking in zero gravity brings me immense joy. #RIP pic.twitter.com/0r3wZfKc5L

— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) March 14, 2018

Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. Caption: Students participate in a march in the Queens borough of New York City.