USA
JAMES MACPHERSON/AP
Cannon Ball, North Dakota—For months they came—Native Americans, environmentalists, veterans—pitching tents and protesting, trying to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which they say could harm the area’s drinking water. Now their campsite is empty. On February 22, many like this couple, left the site on order of the authorities, who arrested dozens of stragglers the next day. Not long after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for completion of the pipeline, which could be finished as soon as this spring. It was a major reversal of the Obama administration’s policy and a setback for the protesters. Many have vowed to continue their fight.