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Global Press Journal reporters carry their cameras as they work and live. The moments they capture highlight human connection across the globe.
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San Francisco, Mexico
Israel Tovar trains at a park in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico. Tovar performs freestyle football and has traveled throughout Mexico and Europe, where he worked on marketing campaigns. “I never thought about making money from this, but I discovered that I could make money out in the street, at the traffic lights in Monterrey,” Tovar says. “Then I realized I could make money anywhere in the world.”
Teotihuacán, Mexico
Tourists ride hot air balloons in the early morning in Teotihuacán, Mexico. Visitors have returned to taking flights and exploring the area’s pyramids as pandemic restrictions have eased.
Irapuato, Mexico
Laura Rocha López, right, shows a miniature painting by Miguel Ortega, left, to a Facebook Live audience during a weekly radio program that features a wide range of guests in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Ortega, who is a painter as well as a tattoo artist, writer and video game programmer, paints with a paintbrush attached to a bungee cord, which he holds with his mouth, thumb and index finger.
Zacualpa Ecatepec, Mexico
Dulce Santiz, 19, harvests mushrooms at her family home in Zacualpa Ecatepec, Mexico. Santiz typically waters them two times a day, depending on the weather, and her family sells them as a source of income.
Mexico City, Mexico
Abraham Mujica Barrera, a musician, volunteers to cut wood during construction of a public composter at an apartment complex in Mexico City. The project was developed by a community cultural collective that seeks to promote ecological awareness and enhance public spaces. “I believe it’s necessary to begin concerning ourselves more with these issues that involve us all,” Mujica Barrera says. “And the sooner we start to do it the better.”
Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Elena Ferreira grooms Mora, a white toy poodle, at a shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferreira, who has groomed dogs part time for 15 years, says, “What I like most is working at the veterinary clinic. When I work with animals, I feel relaxed, and I love being with them. The majority [of the dogs] are good. Once you pet them, they relax and stay calm.”
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Elías Darinel Vázquez Ballinas reaches for a sunflower at a park in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Vázquez is a member of Plan Bioma, an organization that works with children and teenagers to plant gardens and grow food in the neighborhood.
Guerrero, Mexico
Luis Ángel Sánchez molds dough at a bakery in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico. Like many bakers in the region, Sánchez and his colleagues make bread by hand.
San Francisco, Mexico
Olga Maldonado performs aerial dance under a bridge in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico. Maldonado, who is from Venezuela, says she found refuge in the area during the coronavirus pandemic because local residents support the arts.
Mexico City, Mexico
Deia Vargas performs in “Our Lady of the Clouds,” a play presented by Colectivo Lado F Teatro at the Helénico Cultural Center in Mexico City. In the story, migrant women flee gender-based violence in their home countries and travel by train from the southern border of Mexico to the United States.
Chihuahua, Mexico
Sylvia Alonso Espinosa, an orthodontist, checks Lizeth Alejandra Hernández Enríquez’s teeth in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. Alonso says her workload decreased by 30% at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and several patients abandoned their treatments. “Now, because of vaccinations, we’ve started to see a more normal flow similar to what we had before the pandemic,” Alonso says.
San Francisco, Mexico
Uriel Rodríguez builds a palapa, a traditional palm-thatched shelter, in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico. Rodríguez says he and his neighbors learned the skills by helping each other build their homes.
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Paola González sells flower bouquets and arrangements at a small stand in the mall in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Vendors like González are taking advantage of foot traffic at the mall since COVID-19 restrictions have eased.
Guerrero, Mexico
Delfina Álvarez Moreno, center, a delegate from the Reforma neighborhood in Tlapa de Comonfort participates in a pre-Hispanic ritual in San Miguel el Progreso, Malinaltepec, Guerrero, Mexico. Community leaders surround Álvarez at the event, titled “Women Community Leaders in the Exercising of Our Rights.”
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
From left, Oldia Louis, Jovany Gerard and Petherson Fleurant, members of the Haitian National Theater dance group, perform during the inauguration of a cultural center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Gerard says that choreography and performances can motivate young people to participate in cultural activities.
Mexico City, Mexico
Personnel from the Ministry of National Defense raise the flag at Constitution Plaza in Mexico City. The ceremony has taken place every day since 1979, and more than 10 people must carry the flag, which weighs more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds).
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fernando Nuñez pivots in the air on his BMX bike at Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nuñez, who has been practicing and performing BMX tricks for 10 years, says riders meet in the park to share tips and teach each other new skills.
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
From left, Alfredo Martorell, Félix Gómez Polanco and Nelson Guardiola play cards after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Paseo Georgina Morales, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Chilpancingo, Mexico
Mario Abel García Flores concentrates while drawing a portrait with pencil in the center of Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Mexico. Before the coronavirus pandemic, García also offered his services at festivals in other municipalities.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gabriel Herbas, who works at the entrance of his business to prevent people going inside during the coronavirus pandemic, upholsters a chair in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Herbas says he has more work because of the economic crisis: “Now, there’s a greater tendency to repair things because the price of clothes has gone through the roof.”
Mexico City, Mexico
Furby waits by the door of a cafe attached to an animal shelter in Mexico City. Ghislaine García, who owns the shelter and cafe, says, “The pandemic impacted us in both positive and negative ways. Some events where we receive food and support were canceled, but when we opened the cat cafe in the middle of the pandemic, people really showed solidarity with us. They’ve ordered food to go, and thanks to them we’ve been able to survive.”
San Francisco, Mexico
Karla Mora sells nitro coffee from her tricycle in San Francisco, Mexico. Mora, who avoids paying rent for her business, says, “There should be more independent projects because they don’t generate as much trash and you don’t spend on electricity. In the end, it’s sustainable – and it’s fun to be on the street.”
Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
José Hernández varnishes a tin frame at his father’s shop in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. The Hernández family uses traditional tools and innovative techniques to create objects from tin sheets. “Sometimes, we have to use our creativity to make our tools,” Hernández says.
Puebla, Mexico
Axin Mazatl, left, and Cozca Kuahutli sprinkle seeds into censers filled with burned copal tree resin at a ceremony at the Tepalcayotl pyramid in Puebla, Mexico. This traditional offering to Mother Earth is based on pre-Hispanic ancestral knowledge and is part of a movement to preserve cultural heritage.