Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Mexico City, Mexico

The dance group Ñuu Iñu performs the Danza de Tecuanes during the Carnaval de Barranquilla en México, organized by the Colombian community in Mexico City. The dance of the Tecuanes represents the true story of two indigenous groups that united in the 1800s to capture and kill a jaguar that had been eating their cattle and attacking settlers.

Photo by Mar García

Mexico City, Mexico

Whirling dervishes from the Sufí Nur Ashki Al Yerráhi Community of Mexico perform the Sema (or Sama) ritual at the Kiosco Morisco, a Moorish-style pavilion in a public park in central Mexico City. Sema, a form of worship and meditation in the Sufi Muslim culture, is a ritual in which dancers known as whirling dervishes spin on an axis accompanied by vocal and instrumental music.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Badulla, Sri Lanka

A train traveling to Badulla, a city in the lower central hills of Sri Lanka, crosses the Nine Arches Bridge. The bridge, which is 30 meters (100 feet) tall, was constructed in 1920 and is made without steel and entirely of rock, stones and cement.

Photo by Manori Wijesekera

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Members of the Jekenisheni Church drum, dance and sing at Chief Zimunya Traditional Court in 22 Miles, an area outside of Mutare, a city in Zimbabwe. The church members, known for colorful outfits and vibrant dance moves, were performing on April 20 at belated International Women’s Day celebrations organized by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Women Affairs Gender and Community Development.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Kampala, Uganda

At the Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda, 280 couples stand before Pastor Robert Kayanja, their families and friends to take wedding vows. This Pentecostal megachurch organized the May 4 mass wedding. Kayanja is also CEO of TV station Channel 44, which broadcast the mass wedding live as a part of the series “77 Days of Glory.”

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Birendranagar, Nepal

Ram Sunar, 26, casts his vote in the local election in Ward 6 of Birendranagar, a city in the Surkhet district of Nepal. Despite the death of their mother the previous day, Sunar and his brother (not pictured) came out on May 14 to vote in the first local elections in Nepal in 20 years.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Lusaka, Zambia

Linos Chalwe (right), general secretary of the Footballers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia, FAWUZ, lays flowers at the Heroes’ Acre burial site in Lusaka on the 24th anniversary of the plane crash that killed 30 people, including 18 members of the 1993 Zambia football team, who were on their way to a World Cup qualifying match. The plane went down on April 27 in the Atlantic Ocean off Libreville, Gabon. Chalwe is joined by the Zambia national football team coach Wedson Nyirenda (second from right) and the Zambia under-20 national football team coach Beston Chambeshi (second from left).

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico

Cecilio Hernández Hernández, 65, a member of the Zoque indigenous group, makes bouquets for the 30th anniversary of indigenous radio station XEVFS, “La Voz de la Frontera Sur,” which means “The Voice of the Southern Border.” XEVFS is based in Las Margaritas, a city in Chiapas, Mexico. The Zoques traditionally make altars of flower bouquets known as joyonaqués for festivities.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Mexico City, Mexico

Residents of the Peñón de los Baños neighborhood of eastern Mexico City celebrated the anniversary of the 1862 Battle of Puebla on May 5 with a parade, traditional music, fireworks and a reenactment between Mexican and French soldiers. The community’s 84-year-old celebration of the battle commemorates the Mexican army victory over the French.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Kudzai Chomo, a clown, paints the face of Patience Nkomo at the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo. This event, held April 25 to 29, promoted local and international businesses in Zimbabwe and featured many activities for families to enjoy.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Jacmel, Haiti

Berlotte Eustache, a clairvoyant, uses tarot cards to read the future of her client during a consultation at Kabic Beach in Jacmel, Haiti. Eustache does this in public, despite community taboos that associate her work with the devil.

Photo by Roselaure Charles

North Kivu, DRC

Refugee women, who have fled violent clashes between two rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo, learn to make baskets from dead leaves and plastic bags in Kitchanga, a town in DRC’s North Kivu province. In December 2016, they fled their home village of Bukombo, where the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda is battling the Mai Mai Nyatura.

Photo by Esther Nsapu

Kampala, Uganda

Tourists visit Lubiri Palace in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The palace once held torture chambers used by Idi Amin, who committed crimes against humanity as president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. According to tour guide Allan Kakembo (not pictured), the torture chamber site was originally an armory, but was later converted into a prison where an estimated 19,000 people died from hunger, suffocation or mass electrocution.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Buenos Aires, Argentina

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ana Robledo fastens a crocheted version of a white handkerchief, the symbol of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, to a fence at the Plaza de Mayo, the city’s main public square. The words “nunca más” mean “never again.” Madres de Plaza de Mayo was formed by mothers of “los desaparecidos,” people who disappeared during the regime of President Jorge Rafael Videla, who ruled from 1976 to 1981. Many people in Argentina rallied to recognize the anniversary of the March 24, 1976, coup d’état that brought Videla to power.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Las Rosas, Chiapas, Mexico

A man dancing in the street wears the traditional costume of mask, sombrero and beads associated with the folk legend El Sombrerón during El Carnaval del Tancoy in the city of Las Rosas in Chiapas, Mexico. The annual festival marks the beginning of Lent. The carnival has its roots in ancient rituals in which indigenous people asked the gods for rain at the beginning of the harvest season.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Lusaka, Zambia

Mirriam Zulu, an entrepreneur, makes waist beads and other beaded jewelry for women at the Mtendere Market in Lusaka, Zambia. Waist beads are used to detect weight gain, and other types of beaded jewelry can convey status or act as a form of intimate communication between husband and wife. Zulu’s business blends beading traditions with more modern necklaces and bracelets.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Harare, Zimbabwe

Wishes Mukungurutse, in the driver’s seat, prepares to transport customers in a decorated commuter bus in and around Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. Commuter bus operators often decorate their vehicles to display their trademarks and attract customers.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Gwanda, Zimbabwe

Vehicles and pedestrians stand where the Mtshabezi River flooded across Gwanda-Bulawayo road in late January in Gwanda, Zimbabwe. The Gwanda-Bulawayo road is a major thoroughfare used by mine workers, but others, including schoolchildren, were also trapped on one side and unable to return home later that night.

Photo by Vimbai Chinembiri

Jacmel, Haiti

Steve Gerome performs in the streets of Jacmel, Haiti, during Carnival, a celebration held for several weeks leading up to Mardi Gras each year. Gerome is costumed as one of the “rope launchers,” who symbolize liberated slaves. They cover their bodies in syrup, charcoal ash or paint.

Photo by Roselaure Charles

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Members of the Free Media Movement, a collective of journalists and media professionals, participate in a silent candlelit vigil on Jan. 24 in memory of journalists killed or missing in Sri Lanka. This yearly vigil at Independence Square, in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, was held on the day on which Prageeth Eknaligoda, a cartoonist and political writer, was reported missing in 2010.

Photo by Manori Wijesekera

Mexico City, Mexico

Dancers wearing Chinese-style lion costumes and drummers, all from the Asociación Shé Lóng de Kung Fu, perform in Mexico City on Jan. 27 in honor of Lunar New Year. As part of the performance, the lions approach restaurants that have hung lettuce from the entry and remove it with their mouths, to symbolize abundance and to drive away bad spirits. This Year of the Rooster took place on Jan. 28.

Photo by Mar García

Coimbatore, India

Members of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam political organization from India’s Tamil Nadu state chained themselves to a metal door in front of a state government office in Coimbatore, a city in southern India, on Jan. 9. The group demanded that officials pardon and release elderly prisoners, and those eligible for parole.

Photo by Sahana David Menon

Kathmandu, Nepal

Members of the Gurung community of Nepal celebrate Tamu Losar, their New Year, in Tundikhel, a parade ground close to the center of Kathmandu, the capital city. The late-December holiday was marked by dance, food and other activities in the Gurung tradition.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Nairobi, Kenya

Activists marched in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, to promote women’s rights on Sat., Jan. 21, the same day that similar marches occurred in major U.S. cities and around the world. The marches in the U.S. and elsewhere were held, in part, in response to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Photo by Lydia Matata

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