Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

In April, masks appeared on the statues of children in Fuente de los Muñecos, a fountain in Puebla, Mexico. The statues are the source of a local legend, and some neighbors claim to have seen and heard the children come alive at night. Residents hope the community follows the statues’ example and wears a mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Shoppers line up outside a supermarket in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in late March to do some last-minute shopping before lockdown. The Zimbabwean government has restricted nonessential movements nationwide until at least May 4, and the spread of the coronavirus has led to social distancing measures, like those seen in the line.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Kampala, Uganda

Mubale Benjamin, left, debates his next move while playing the board game Luddo with friends in Kampala, Uganda. Also pictured, from left, are Ariho Thomas, Mukwaya Jovan, Kasirye Michael and Sesanga Fasial. The Ugandan government has closed all schools in the country until at least May 5th due to the spread of the coronavirus, leaving students without a place to spend their days.

Photo by Edna Namara

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Burmaa Ishjamts, an employee at the public transport company Elite Development Co. Ltd., disinfects and wipes a bus in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia. The company tasked its employees with cleaning its buses at least once every two hours due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Photo by Tegshdelger Batbayar

Darkhan, Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Altangerel Narandulam paints the Central Hospital children’s ward in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia, while the space is vacant. The ward was one of the locations used to monitor and isolate travelers who arrived from foreign countries. Mongolia was one of the first countries to take precautions against the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Tegshdelger Batbayar

Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

A sanitation drone helps prevent the spread of the coronavirus at the Hospital de la Madre y el Niño Guerrerense in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. Abraham Jiménez Montiel, the municipal health minister, said these same sanitation procedures were performed in other hospitals as well.

Photo by Avigaí Silva

Lusaka, Zambia

Hairdresser Joram Amis makes a clip-on hair weave using hair extensions in Zambia’s Mtendere township. Amis says fewer people visit his salon due to the coronavirus outbreak, but his reusable clip-on hair weaves are now in demand.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Employees from the Emergency Management Agency of Darkhan-Uul province disinfect streets in Darkhan soum. (A soum is a Mongolian administrative division within the provinces, similar to a district or county.) Employees will continue to disinfect public roads in Darkhan weekly through the end of April.

Photo by Tegshdelger Batbayar

Chihuahua, Mexico

Hand-washing stations started popping up in downtown Chihuahua in early March. The stations, distributed by the municipal government of the capital city, come with step-by-step instructions on hand-washing practices to kill germs and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Lilette A. Contreras

Tuv Province, Mongolia

Irmuun Bayanmunkh, 7, waits for his horse to be saddled in Mongolia’s Tuv province. Irmuun is learning to ride horses at his uncle’s house while schools are shut down due to the spread of the coronavirus. In late January, Mongolia was one of the first countries to secure borders and close schools.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Lusaka, Zambia

Lewis Mashonga, in the red jersey, and his friend, Kapalo Musonda, in the gray shirt, buy secondhand clothing in Lusaka’s city center. They will later resell the clothing for a higher price. Zambian Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has warned that overcrowded markets can lead to the spread of the coronavirus. Mashonga says the risk of coronavirus transmission is the least of his problems because he cannot afford to be home without any income.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kanthasamy Satheeskaran, left, and Nadarasa Pratheepan, right, sell vegetables in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government has imposed a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but Satheeskaran and Pratheepan were given permission by local officials to sell vegetables door to door.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Vijayakumar

Lusaka, Zambia

Vivian Chisenga sweeps a road near Mtendere Market in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Local Government Minister Charles Banda ordered a weekly cleanup of all markets to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Guillermo Hernández Pinto, a parish priest in San Cristóbal de las Casas, blesses a palm frond held by Marco Antonio Martínez on Palm Sunday. Ordinarily, the Chiapas city would hold a traditional Mass and procession of worshippers through the streets for the religious holiday, but the tradition was changed this year due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Instead of marching, the parish priest rode to different neighborhoods in a pickup truck, blessing water, pictures and palm fronds along the way.

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Pétion-Ville, Haiti

Archer Paulain, right, washes his hands before entering COMPAS supermarket in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. The supermarket provides foam soap and water to encourage customers to wash their hands and prevent, as much as possible, contamination of other customers, employees and products, explains Rolandy Seide, the store manager.

Photo by Marie Michelle Felicien

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Workers from the Mayor’s Office load an abandoned car frame onto a truck in Dalanzadgad, the capital of Umnugovi province. Baatar Janchiv, head of the Mayor’s Office, says they have been spraying public spaces with chemical cleaners since the spread of the coronavirus in neighboring China. The workers also pick up and disinfect garbage, like this car.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsoghuu

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Khatantuul Bat-Ochir sews cotton face masks to sell to pharmacies in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Mongolian Ministry of Health recommends citizens wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. After facing a shortage of disposable masks, the government set standards for cotton masks, allowing seamstresses around the country to sew masks and supply them to pharmacies.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Epanesan Niviya stitches face masks to sell in Kondavil, Jaffna. Nivya works as a seamstress, but the curfew imposed by the Sri Lankan government due to the coronavirus has halted her normal business. Nivya says she sews 30 to 40 face masks per day and sells them for 100 Sri Lankan rupees (53 cents) each.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Vijayakumar

Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Munkh-Od Oyun, right, delivers books to Baigalmaa Gunsmaa in Erdenet, Mongolia. Munkh-Od started selling books online shortly after the Mongolian government instituted coronavirus prevention measures in January. Since then, she has sold more than 300 books.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnohoi

Zvishavane, Zimbabwe

Trishias Manhivi, councilor for Zimbabwe’s Mhototi ward, washes her hands during a meeting of local leaders in rural Zvishavane. They discussed the new coronavirus, planned the way forward for their community – and busted myths: Information spread on WhatsApp had led some to believe their communities were immune from the virus.

Photo by Vimbai Chinembiri

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Jonel Saint Jean washes his hands at a public tap in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The mayor’s office has installed about 40 water towers and nearly 1,000 water buckets at key points in the capital to encourage hand-washing and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Marie Michelle Felicien

Harare, Zimbabwe

Zivanai Bimha washes his hands at a temporary washing station in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Harare City Council, in partnership with local company Ecosure, installed the basins in busy parts of the capital to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Dalanzadgad-Bayandalai, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Munkhbaatar Sukhee, a ticket agent at the Dalanzadgad-Bayandalai checkpoint in Mongolia’s Umnugovi province, registers vehicles and gives each driver information on coronavirus prevention.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsoghuu

Murun, Khuvsgul Province, Mongolia

Khulan Tserennadmid, 9, takes notes as she watches a televised lesson for third graders titled “Humans and Environment” at her home in Murun, the center of Mongolia’s Khuvsgul province. Kindergarten and school activities at all levels are suspended, so the government has shifted to teaching lessons online and via television.

Photo by Dolgormaa Sandagdorj

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Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Kampala, Uganda

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Darkhan, Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

Lusaka, Zambia

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Chihuahua, Mexico

Tuv Province, Mongolia

Lusaka, Zambia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Lusaka, Zambia

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Pétion-Ville, Haiti

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Zvishavane, Zimbabwe

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Harare, Zimbabwe

Dalanzadgad-Bayandalai, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Murun, Khuvsgul Province, Mongolia