Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Luvsanjamts Tserenbataa, 8, plays with his friends, from left, Javzandolgor Bayarsaikhan, 8, and Undarmaa Tumur-Ochir, 11, at a playground near their homes in Erdenebulgan, a district in northern Mongolia’s Arkhangai province. Mongolian schools have been closed since late January due to the coronavirus.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Altantsetseg Tsedevdorj knocks on a door in Mongolia’s Darkhan-Uul province, hoping to educate the homeowners on how to protect their family from the spread of the coronavirus. The neighborhood Altantsetseg is canvassing is home to 1,400 households. So far, Altantsetseg has handed out flyers with recommendations issued by the Emergency Commission of Darkhan-Uul Province to 860 families.

Photo by Tegshdelger Batbayar

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Altantsetseg Galsan, a teaching assistant, cleans the floors at Byalzuukhai Kindergarten in Erdenet, a city in northern Mongolia’s Orkhon province. “We are cleaning in turns,” Altantsetseg says. “Each of us comes to clean classrooms once a week.” Schools in Mongolia are closed until Sept. 1 due to the spread of the coronavirus. Ariunjargal Mundaa, the director of the school, says keeping the school clean will ensure a safe environment when students return.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Dorjzovd Davaasuren, a specialist at the Emergency Management Agency in Mongolia’s Orkhon province, disinfects the Khuleg food market. Mongolia, which shares around 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) of border with China, has recorded only 38 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of May 1.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

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

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

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

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 Thinesh

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 Tsogkhuu

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 Thinesh

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 Khukhnokhoi

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 Tsogkhuu

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

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Urtnasan Orolzod performs a weekly cleaning of the 34th apartment building in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Mongolian Ministry of Health recommended all families and organizations clean their homes and offices with water and disinfectant to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tseren-Oidov Altangerel, 6, a student in class 1B at Metropolitan School No. 34 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, watches a video lesson on the Mongolian language. The Mongolian government decided to provide online lessons while general-education schools are suspended due to coronavirus.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Mongolia

Seamstresses Uranzaya Gankhuyag, front, and Badam Genden sew face masks to sell to the public amid increasing concerns about the coronavirus in Mongolia.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Erdenechimeg Oldokh, an Erdenet City Landscaping Office employee, washes and disinfects fences in the city center on Trade Union Street in response to the spread of coronavirus.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Employees from the National Emergency Management Agency disinfect office buildings and roads in Erdenet, a city in Mongolia’s Orkhon province, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sahayanathan Punitharasa measures materials for the foundation of a new house in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He works on a contract basis and receives 2,500 Sri Lankan rupees ($14) per day.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Tikapur Sudoorpashchim, Nepal

Yojana Chaudhary, 5, and her sister Unnati Chaudhary, 1, play on the sand in a dried-up stream in Tikapur, a municipality in Nepal’s western Sudoorpashchim province.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Vairan Neelam climbs a palmyra tree to obtain toddy, the sap from the tree, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. People who do this work must obtain licenses in order to be able to sell the toddy. Neelam has been extracting and selling toddy for the past eight years.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kandiah Thaya cleans off dust on onions by trampling them on the farm where he works in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. After they are cleaned, he takes them to the market to sell.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

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Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Darkhan, Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Tuv Province, Mongolia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Dalanzadgad-Bayandalai, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Murun, Khuvsgul Province, Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Mongolia

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Tikapur Sudoorpashchim, Nepal

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Jaffna, Sri Lanka