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A Global Bond: Celebrating Mothers Around the World

Intimate moments of motherhood and connection around the globe.

Thamilchelvan Herush, 2, plays with his mother, Thamilchelvan Nivetha, in Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Vetrichelvi Chandrakala, GPJ Sri Lanka

Naomi Alunga, 16, breastfeeds her 7-month-old son, Caleb, after giving him a bath in Kabondo, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Zita Amwanga, GPJ Democratic Republic of Congo

María Baños takes care of her grandson, Hashyar Zamora Ávila, 8, at her fruit stand in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico, while her daughter works.

Avigaí Silva, GPJ Mexico

Dja Lucien gives her 22-day-old baby, Roobens, a bottle of herbal tea to prevent bloating in Port-Margot, Haiti.

Wyddiane Prophète, GPJ Haiti

Rubí Yarene Núñez Trejo holds her daughter, Esther, at a workshop for women environmental defenders in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Adriana Alcázar González, GPJ Mexico

Sita Tharu, center, washes her daughter Riya Tharu, 5, while her niece Joya Tharu, 2, stands on the right in Bardiya district, Lumbini province, Nepal.

Yam Kumari Kandel, GPJ Nepal

Enkhchimeg Jargal, left, swaddles a doll to prepare to care for a newborn with Dr. Batkhishig Bat at a family health center in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia.

Khorloo Khukhnokhoi, GPJ Mongolia

Sarha Kiseloni, 17, breastfeeds her 9-month-old daughter, Joëlle, in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo, GPJ Democratic Republic of Congo

Maggie Doyne plays with children at Kopila Valley Children’s Home in Surkhet, Karnali province, Nepal.

Chandani Kathayat, GPJ Nepal

Maribel Enciso holds a photograph of her daughter, María José Monroy Enciso, who has been missing since she was abducted at 11 months old, during a September 2010 robbery in Mexico City.

Aline Suárez del Real, GPJ Mexico

Namata Mariam, center, is surrounded by her nine children and nine grandchildren on Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, in Kampala, Uganda.

Nakisanze Segawa, GPJ Uganda

Jensen Jenipa feeds her 10-month-old baby, Jensen Absalon, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Vijayatharsiny Thinesh, GPJ Sri Lanka

Joyce Asimwe works at a restaurant while caring for her daughter, Christine Kiiza, 3, in Wakiso, Uganda.

Edna Namara, GPJ Uganda

Sita Praja sells fruit in a shop while styling the hair of her 2-year-old daughter, Srishna Praja, in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal

Hande López and her daughter, Hande Cruz, 3, celebrate the end of Ramadan at a mosque in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Marissa Revilla, GPJ Mexico

Kavira Sivyaghendera teaches her 15-month-old daughter, Reine Kanyere, to walk in Kirumba, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Merveille Kavira Luneghe, GPJ Democratic Republic of Congo

Lourdes Bustillos stands with her daughter, Erika Bustillos, 12, in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Lilette A. Contreras, GPJ Mexico

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