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Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Worshippers celebrate the Theertha festival at Savalappidy Kanthaswamy Murugan Temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The ritual occurring in the temple pond is performed for Hindu deity Murugan by the temple’s priests, in order to bring protection for the people and their village.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

New Delhi, India

Dr. Mohammad Saleem treats Jamsheed Rasool at his private clinic in New Delhi, India. Saleem says he tries his best to help people in whichever way possible. Many of his patients, including Rasool, consider him a respected figure in the community and say that he doesn’t overcharge them for services and medicine.

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sellakandu Vimalanathan fishes on a Sunday near a beach in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Even though Sundays are a holiday for the fishing industry, he goes out to catch fish to feed his family.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Kathmandu, Nepal

Dem Sani Tamang balls wool using a handmade instrument called a charka, or a spinning wheel, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She gets paid 40 to 100 Nepalese rupees (35 to 85 cents) per kilo for the balled wool, which is later used to make carpets.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Vairavan Santhalingam (left) and his wife Santhalingam Leela watch their grandchildren in the courtyard of their house in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. They moved here to build a new life after being displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war, which ended in 2009. More than eight people live together in the small property.

Photo by Poongulaly Balagobalan

Kathmandu, Nepal

Parmeshwori Devi Mukhiya and her husband, Faltu Mukhiya, who are both blind, stand in front of their home in a settlement on the banks of the Bagmati Riverin Kathmandu, Nepal. They moved to Kathmandufrom Bandipur, about four hours away, looking for better employment opportunities.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Selvaratnam Sanjayan waters and sets boundaries around the onion field that he owns in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He has cultivated onions for the last five years.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Amaltari, Nepal

Despite the rain, Dhani Ram Mahato picks up organic lemons that grow in his backyard to use in the kitchen in Amaltari, a village close to Nepal’s border with India. Most people in this area grow their own produce since the land is so fertile.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Kathiramalai Vellaiyamma weeds grass and plucks vegetables in her small home garden in Vavuniya, a city in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. She makes her living selling the produce after returning from a refugee camp in India, where she fled during Sri Lanka’s civil war.

Photo by Thayalini Indrakularasa

New Delhi, India

Kinjal Saini, 19 (right), and Mahira Khan, 19, third year journalism students at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India, share notes as they study for exams in the campus library.

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Trainers at a clay pottery training center in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, paint clay statues of Subramania Bharathiyar, a Tamil poet and political leader, and Mahatma Gandhi to be sold at shops. They say that these items are popular with tourists.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Naranthanai, Sri Lanka

Rasakumar Yathusa, 7, curls up inside an old tire while she plays with friends in Naranthanai, a village on Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula.

Photo by Pashna Alistan

Kodikamam, Sri Lanka

Appaiah Rasikumar makes furniture in his shop in Kodikamam, a small town on Sri Lanka’s northern coast. He earns about 3,000 to 4,000 Sri Lankan rupees ($17 to $22) per day selling tables, chairs and cupboards, which he says is enough for him to lead a happy life.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

New Delhi, India

Shankar Kumar sells decorative Buddha statues that his family makes at a popular tourist market in New Delhi, India. Statues cost from 250 to 500 Indian rupees ($3.50 to $7) depending on the size, and he sells about 10 every day.

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Thirunavukarasu Ambalavanar, 75, examines the palms of two women who came to him for predictions about their futures at the Selva Sannithi Murugan temple, a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Ambalavanar, an astrologer, has been offering this service for 29 years.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Kathmandu, Nepal

Mohammad Sainula repairs an umbrella in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sainula repairs umbrellas during monsoon season and makes quilts and mattresses during other seasons. He has worked from this spot for 15 years.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Ranighat, Nepal

Bhagwati Buda (front) and her daughter, Jamuna Buda, cross the Bheri River to reach their home in Ranighat, a village in Nepal’s Surkhet District. The pair were returning from Birendranagar, a nearby city, and consider themselves lucky to have access to a bridge for travel ease.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Kathmandu, Nepal

Manoj Patel (right) and Ganesh Patel (not related) use iron rods to construct the support beams of a new home in Kathmandu, Nepal. The pair have come to work from Bara, a district south of Kathmandu, and return to their homes once a year to see their families.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Khanqah-e-Molla, also called the shrine of Shah-e-Hamdan, is one of the oldest shrines in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. It was constructed on the banks of the Jhelum River around 1400 AD by Sultan Sikander of the Shah Mir dynasty in honor of Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, the Sufi saint who popularized Islam in Kashmir.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Old Delhi, India

Jaili Devi (bottom right), sells lemons in Daryaganj, a neighborhood in Old Delhi, India. She sells one kilogram (about 2 pounds) of lemons for 100 Indian rupees ($1.45 USD).

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Kathmandu, Nepal

Anish Shakya collects offerings in a basket during a festival celebrating Rato Machindranath, a deity believed to have power over rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Manavan Jesudas, 66, repairs a fish net in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He says his age prevents him from fishing for a living, so he depends on repairing nets for his livelihood instead.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Surkhet District, Nepal

Laxmi Buda cleans outside her home in Matela, a village in the Surkhet District of Nepal. Buda uses red clay found abundantly in this area to keep her house looking its best.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Justin Pathinathan welds metal in his workshop in Adampan, a town in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Although Pathinathan has been a welder for 22 years, he worries that the job could affect his eyesight poorly.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

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