Power and Abuse: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

And this was published weeks before the #RoyMoore story broke. The red ties have a lengthening problem. “Power & Abuse.” @DerSPIEGEL @coverjunkie artwork @francescociccolella pic.twitter.com/5R2QSBzIC2

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 12, 2017

This week, sexual abuse and the waning Trump Asia trip dominated the visual news. Trump’s embrace of Philippine President Duterte and his specious drug war was particularly disheartening. And it’s not like Trump and the harassment issue were that distinct. The primary focus, though, was on Senate hopeful Roy Moore’s longstanding thing for young girls, while Senator Franken got swept into the spotlight, too, for behavior at a USO show in 2006. Meanwhile, the stealth GOP tax initiative, designed as a massive windfall for the upper class and an initiative with the capacity to fundamentally alter America’s economic landscape, remained largely under the radar.

Moore’s front line. pic.twitter.com/jAbKRwlWyo

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 16, 2017

In the current atmosphere, this goes way beyond 1k words. Not only is this a photo #Franken will never live down, it also implicates the @USO, #comedy (we’re serious), and one of the largest institutional incubators for sexual abuse, the US #military. 📷 Leeann Tweeden/KABC pic.twitter.com/VgxTUbw3WA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 16, 2017

Thought the drawing of a 16 yo #BeverlyYoungNelson was a little heavy-handed. The year book love note from Judge #Roy, on the other hand, is fully creepy. https://t.co/5GqVWE0Asy#RoyMooreStories#GloriaAllredpic.twitter.com/LwD51ySguP

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 14, 2017

Photo editors in fine form. As Trump dares to chastise #Franken for #sexualharassment (moth to the flame?), NYT illustrates story with a puckered thumbs up. pic.twitter.com/umWfzB72Ev

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 17, 2017

Google #ASEANSummit#Trump#Putin and all you get the past week is this little walk. Otherwise, nothing from the one, or was it two “non-meetings.” Where is the outcry about media censorship? Credit to NYT photographer @dougmillsnyt for speaking out. https://t.co/Bw4H2vJSOKpic.twitter.com/rjisc9EeiA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 14, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump joins other leaders in a handshake with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, right, during the opening ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit pic.twitter.com/mfqTU8AmUr

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) November 13, 2017

Perhaps the most telling pic of a dismal trip. Doing contortions. Re #Duterte, at least his hands are where you can see them. https://t.co/9inKV7r8il

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 13, 2017

Media can normalize, but holding #ASEAN in #Manila, and #Trump (on his human rights-free trip) feting #Duterte, is just beyond. As a (yes, graphic) background, @jameswdelano documents death of #QuezonCity bbq vendor by govt death squad. @newrepublichttps://t.co/b3wsJ7eClCpic.twitter.com/mstbDYXG6a

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 12, 2017

First of 8,000+ bollards placed to make Vegas Strip truck attack proof. (Though it’s not like the 58 dead and 546 injured at the Harvest Music Festival last month died from a truck.) @GettyImagespic.twitter.com/RlHLeYHv8c

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 14, 2017

As unsubtle as the crisis at the @COP23#Bonn#climate talks. American steel? 📷@epaphotoshttps://t.co/MwxibEIeAL

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 14, 2017

Toward an inclusive and broad-minded #VeteransDay. 📷@WinMc@gettyimages@washingtonpost
(Caption: Lamyaa Awad-Mowery tends the gravesite of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan before the start of an interfaith service in observance of Veterans Day at Arlington.) pic.twitter.com/cfl2Urd9AK

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 11, 2017

What if nearly everything you’d ever posted online was weaponized against you? Our haunting December cover on the most intense and complex story of digital harassment that you’ll read. https://t.co/BVmTdXaMgwpic.twitter.com/bMLpzNTMPF

— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) November 14, 2017

We applaud every effort to visualize the imperceptible, especially if the effects are astronomical. @WIREDPhoto#magazinecovershttps://t.co/gaxTh8uJcR

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 14, 2017

You know you’re living in troubled times when you look at light trails of cars crossing over the bridge and, first pass, you think rocket launchers. (-Michael Shaw) ⠀ Reposting @evelynpix:⠀ …⠀ Untitled. #SanFrancisco #bridges #light #lighttrails #effects #goldengatebridge #night #cars #moody

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