Argentina

María Barrera arranges her plants at a farmer’s market in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I like to sell rare plants,” Barrera says. “I already have my clients who know that I try to bring different plants.”... more

Guatemala

In Chemal, a community in the town of Chajul in El Quiché department, Guatemala, Gaspar Caba, 24, teaches María Cedillo to read and write in a program under the auspices of the Comité Nacional de Alfabetización, the country’s national literacy ... more

Mexico

Omar Álvarez, 19, waters plants that adorn a median on a road in the Benito Juárez delegation in central Mexico City. The delegation contracts the tanker truck to water plants in the area, says Álvarez.... more

Tribal Nations

A dandelion, or gúlkìñà:dàu (gool-keeñ-ah-daw) in the language of the Kiowa Tribe, glows in the sunset at Carnegie Lower Park in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The wildflower, which can be used for food, medicine and dye, sheds its golden petals once the ... more

Democratic Republic of Congo

Catherine Mutokambali, of Himbi, a neighborhood in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, washes her clothes on the shore of Lake Kivu. After about 15 years of water shortages at her home, Mutokambali wakes up at 5 a.m. daily to do laundry at Lake Kivu,... more

Mexico

Víctor Hugo Martínez, 19, loads 20- to 25-kilogram (44- to 55-pound) sacks of plastic bottles onto a truck at a recycling center in the Xochimilco delegation of southern Mexico City. The bottles will be transported to the suburb of Ixtapaluca, wher... more