Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Patrick Mabhena recites a poem in the Ndebele language during the Intwasa Arts Festival, an annual event held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe that showcases local youth talent.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

New Delhi, India

Dr. Mohammad Saleem treats Jamsheed Rasool at his private clinic in New Delhi, India. Saleem says he tries his best to help people in whichever way possible. Many of his patients, including Rasool, consider him a respected figure in the community and say that he doesn’t overcharge them for services and medicine.

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sellakandu Vimalanathan fishes on a Sunday near a beach in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Even though Sundays are a holiday for the fishing industry, he goes out to catch fish to feed his family.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Vijayakumar

Masaka, Uganda

Mayito Patrick, a sculptor, paints a finished sculpture of a goose at his workshop in Masaka, a city in southern Uganda. He displays work at the space, called Richiex Art Gallery, on a stage known as the Welcome Stage.

Photo by Edna Namara

Harare, Zimbabwe

George Choto weaves a chair at a shopping center in Harare, Zimbabwe. He and his colleagues sell woven chair sets for 1320 Zimbabwean dollars (around $121). Choto says business has been slow because of the current economic situation, but he and his colleagues keep pushing because it is their only source of livelihood.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Dem Sani Tamang balls wool using a handmade instrument called a charka, or a spinning wheel, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She gets paid 40 to 100 Nepalese rupees (35 to 85 cents) per kilo for the balled wool, which is later used to make carpets.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Vairavan Santhalingam (left) and his wife Santhalingam Leela watch their grandchildren in the courtyard of their house in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. They moved here to build a new life after being displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war, which ended in 2009. More than eight people live together in the small property.

Photo by Poongulaly Balagobalan

Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico

The Parish of San Juan Bautista, a Catholic temple located in Coyoacán, a municipality south of Mexico City, provides a silent and peaceful sanctuary in the midst of this loud and busy neighborhood. Constructed in the 16th century and designed in the Baroque style, it is open every day to both locals wishing to pray and to tourists.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Kisangani, DRC

Julie Mombi lies on the exam bed while nurse Jucain Malisawa inserts a birth control implant in her upper arm at Tropical health center located 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malisawa is part of an international organization called DKT, which provides family planning methods in clinics in several cities in DRC.

Photo by Zita Amwanga

Rincón, Puerto Rico

Javier Vélez displays his artisanal woodwork in at a public market known as Art Walk in Rincón, Puerto Rico. Artisans from Rincón and neighboring towns come every week to sell their wares or crops, since the town gets a lot of tourism. It is common to smell coffee and hear people speaking and enjoying the cheerful atmosphere.

Photo by Coraly Cruz Mejías

Kenscoff, Haiti

Since sales are slow, Guerline Fritz, a vegetable vendor at this market in Kenscoff, Haiti, takes a quick nap as she waits for customers to buy her produce. She says that protests and fuel shortages in the country have deterred customers from coming out to buy lately.

Photo by Marie Michelle Felicien

Kathmandu, Nepal

Parmeshwori Devi Mukhiya and her husband, Faltu Mukhiya, who are both blind, stand in front of their home in a settlement on the banks of the Bagmati Riverin Kathmandu, Nepal. They moved to Kathmandufrom Bandipur, about four hours away, looking for better employment opportunities.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Kampala, Uganda

Young schoolgirls put together a puzzle of various types of vehicles in Kampala, Uganda. They live together in the same neighborhood, Ntinda, and often play games like this together. The girls say that the next puzzle they intend to put together will feature wild animals.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Harare, Zimbabwe

Constance Mharapara (front) and Asumta Mudanga (left) sing at Sunday mass at the Lady of the Wayside Parish in Harare, Zimbabwe. The voices of the choir, combined with drums beats and rattles, fill the church with a melodious vibe. Sunday worship here is led by a different choir each week.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Mireya Blanco Martínez performs her solo accordion project, called Mirelle Acordeónika, for the first time in a secondhand bookstore in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. The performance includes Romanian, Russian, French and Argentine pieces, as well as melodies that she learned for the pleasure of playing them. She has played the accordion for just five years.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Lusaka, Zambia

Patrick Chikoloma, a member of the Circus Zambia group, breathes fire for a group of excited children at the Lusaka Showgrounds in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Selvaratnam Sanjayan waters and sets boundaries around the onion field that he owns in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He has cultivated onions for the last five years.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Vijayakumar

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tatenda Chabarwa performs in the play ‘Shhhh’ at the Reps Theater in Harare, Zimbabwe. He wrote the play to highlight how hard it can be to speak up about all sorts of sensitive issues.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Lusaka, Zambia

Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, former archbishop for Lusaka Diocese, anoints worshippers with the cross to bless them after an ordination mass in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Amaltari, Nepal

Despite the rain, Dhani Ram Mahato picks up organic lemons that grow in his backyard to use in the kitchen in Amaltari, a village close to Nepal’s border with India. Most people in this area grow their own produce since the land is so fertile.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Kampala, Uganda

In an attempt to hide their goods from police and city officials, vendors throw merchandise into the Nakivubo River in Kampala, Uganda. Since street vending is illegal here, shopkeepers say it’s the only way to save their businesses from being confiscated.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Jimu, 17, carefully threads a wire through beads to make an animal doll. He learned to make dolls like this from a relative, and now sells them from his stall at a market in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also makes key rings and Christmas decorations.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Kathiramalai Vellaiyamma weeds grass and plucks vegetables in her small home garden in Vavuniya, a city in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. She makes her living selling the produce after returning from a refugee camp in India, where she fled during Sri Lanka’s civil war.

Photo by Thayalini Indrakularasa

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Lucy Pérez Gómez (left) and Tex Andrés López Díaz perform at a celebration of the traditional music of Chamula, a municipality the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. They are part of the Yajvalel Vinajel ensemble, which translates to “Lord of the Sky” in the Tsotsil language. The ensemble has been performing and raising awareness of this musical tradition for nearly 11 years.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

New Delhi, India

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Masaka, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kathmandu, Nepal

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico

Kisangani, DRC

Rincón, Puerto Rico

Kenscoff, Haiti

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Lusaka, Zambia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

Amaltari, Nepal

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico