Mexico

Photo by Mayela Sánchez, GPJ Mexico

Juan Barbosa, 23, (right) and Victor Carlos, 23, sing covers of tunes by 1960s artists, like The Beatles and The Doors, in downtown Mexico City with their band The Folks. The group performs in the streets, as well as at private events, to get money t... more

Nigeria

Photo by Temitayo Olofinlua, GPJ Nigeria

A farmworker in Lalate, a small area in Oyo state, Nigeria, helps another put a bowl of cassava roots on her head to carry to a nearby truck, which will deliver it to a processing factory. Cassava is a staple food in Nigeria and can be ground into a ... more

Rwanda

Photo by Ley Uwera, GPJ DRC

Visitors enjoy Gisenyi beach in Rwanda’s Rubavu district, on the shores of Lake Kivu, a large freshwater lake on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Rwanda, the beaches are open to everyone year-round, so many people cross the bord... more

Democratic Republic of Congo

Photo by Ley Uwera, GPJ DRC

Kennedy Mukadi, 14, performs a hip-hop choreographic style called krumping at the third annual Kivu Dance Battle in July, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma, North Kivu province. Faraja Batumike, the event’s founder, says ... more

Mexico

Photo by Mayela Sánchez, GPJ Mexico

Christopher Corzo, 16, falls after attempting a trick at a skate park in eastern Mexico City. Corzo started rollerblading a year ago and says he practices at least 12 hours each week. “I’m going to keep scarring myself, but I want more,” Corzo ... more

Mexico

Photo by Marissa Revilla, GPJ Mexico

A July exhibit at the CompArte por la Humanidad festival, in San Cristóbal de las Casas in southern Mexico, featured images of hundreds of people believed to be disappeared. The exhibit, which showed faces and eyes of the missing people printed on p... more