Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Lusaka, Zambia

Roman Catholic churchgoers pray before a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Marian Shrine in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Rubavu District, Rwanda

A voter drops off her ballot at a polling location in Rwanda’s Rubavu district during parliamentary elections. In Rwanda, elections are celebrated like weddings, hence the decorations. The candidates are viewed as the voters’ brides.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Lusaka, Zambia

During the Pamodzi Carnival, a festival in Lusaka, Zambia, a Makishi dancer performs with a snake and a mask that represent ancestral spirits. At Pamodzi, which means “together” in the Chichewa language, cultural groups from the country’s 10 provinces gather to celebrate Zambia’s heritage.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Clementine Nikuze has transformed old tires into planters at her home in Rwanda’s Rubavu District. Nikuze, a mother of four, turned tire gardens into a business. Customers pay her 15,000 Rwandan francs (about $17) to come to their homes and install small tire gardens.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Bukoto, Uganda

Friends and neighbors (left to right) Blair, 3; Alysha, 4; and Ismah, 2, search through garbage for toys in Bukoto, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. The group returns about once per week to look for new treasures. During this trip, they discovered some playing cards.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Chidzonga strings beads to sell at his makeshift stand in Harare, Zimbabwe. Chidzonga makes custom jewelry for clients who want something unique or an item with a personal message or name.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Zuzane Makamako (center), 10, intensely plays a child brain game called “Chuka” with her friends Anton Kambilose (left), 11, and Clémence Mande, 9, at Zuzane’s home in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Players take turns attempting to capture all the stones placed between them. The children say their parents don’t allow them to play when they’re in school, so they enjoy the game as often as possible during summer vacation.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba

Lusaka, Zambia

Members of Inganzo Ngari, a traditional dance troupe from Rwanda, appear at the Agriculture and Commercial Show in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. Inganzo Ngari performs Rwandan folk dances.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Entebbe, Uganda

Ampwera Delbert talks with security guards who inquire whether he needs help with his luggage after his arrival at the Nakiwogo dock in Entebbe, Uganda. Delbert, who studies ethics and human rights at Makerere University in Kampala, was coming from Bugala Island, Kalangala district, where he completed an internship with the Uganda Red Cross Society’s Kalangala branch.

Photo by Edna Namara

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Theo Bakoko, 20, who attends a technical secondary school, plays a game called “cadra” in Kisangani, a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The two-player game costs 200 Congolese francs (12 cents) to play and is popular among students during their summer vacation.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

During school vacations, Nathalie Bahati, 10, learns sewing and tailoring from her mother, Francine Bushoke, a well-known seamstress in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Nathalie, who has been sewing for two years, makes some of her own clothes and also sells garments at her mother’s workshop at the front of their home.

Photo by Nadia Kanyere Karasisi

Sheema District, Uganda

Musimenta Frank (left) and Akobumosi Cosmas take bananas to the Kabwohe market in Uganda’s Sheema district. Four times a day, the duo make the 6-mile journey to transport the green bananas, known locally as “matoke,” from their garden in Masheruka to the market, and each of them earns about 70,000 Ugandan shillings ($18.76) per trip.

Photo by Edna Namara

Komanda, Ituri Province, DRC

In Komanda village in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, Georgette Mwasi, 42, repairs a jerrican using a heated metal tool and recycled plastics. Jerricans, which are important in the area for transporting and storing water, cost more than 5,000 Congolese francs ($3.10) each, while Mwasi charges only 300 francs (19 cents) to repair a broken one.

Photo by Pascaline Kavuo Mwasi Saambili

Harare, Zimbabwe

The ZCC Police Band kicked off the first Zimbabwe Peace Festival, in Harare on July 27. The event was created to pray for political tolerance and peace in the run-up to the July 30 general elections. Previous elections in Zimbabwe have been marred by widespread violence and accusations of corruption, so many Zimbabweans hope Monday's vote will be the first fair elections in more than a generation.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Kindergarten students play tug of war during Tshaka Pre-School’s annual sports day, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. They took part in various activities throughout the day, including a sack race and a relay race, with prizes of certificates and T-shirts given to the top three winners.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Kampala, Uganda

Joanita Sulayiman (front left) and other local women wash discarded polyethylene bags in a drainage ditch in Uganda’s Kampala district. The women sell the washed bags to local manufacturers for recycling.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Lusaka, Zambia

Samson Tembo (left) dribbles the ball around goalkeeper Richard Lungu, who attempts to defend the goal during a practice hockey match at the Olympic Youth Development Centre, a sports venue for young people in Lusaka, Zambia. The duo are part of a team that will participate in the Africa Youth Games, to be held in Algeria July 18-28.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Harare, Zimbabwe

Bullet Kaitano cuts away excess paper as he binds a photocopied school textbook to sell on the street in Harare, Zimbabwe. Kaitano, who buys the original books from graduates, says that despite the illegality of copying textbooks to sell, his photocopied volumes are popular with schoolchildren who cannot afford to purchase new ones.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Sheema District, Uganda

Medad Kamukama harvests ripe coffee beans at his home garden in Uganda’s Sheema district. The beans turn from green to red when they are ready to harvest, which is usually from May to August. Kamukama gets 5,000 Ugandan shillings ($1.33) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of clean and dried coffee, and his crop is then exported to the European Union.

Photo by Edna Namara

Harare, Zimbabwe

During a tour of National Waste Collections in Harare, Zimbabwe, employee Moleen Sithole teaches students about the different types of paper that the facility collects and recycles into various products. The students are members of an environmental club at Kwenda High School in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Rugerero, Rwanda

Shadrack Byukusenge, 8, draws water from the Sebeya River in Rugerero, a sector in Rwanda’s northwestern Rubavu district. After heavy rains blocked the pipes that carry water to his village of Rushubi, Shadrack walked 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) to retrieve water from the river.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Kampala, Uganda

Older children from Kisenyi, an area of Kampala, Uganda, care for and carry younger siblings. The older children help to mind younger siblings while their parents work and manage households.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Lower Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Young men from the various villages around Nyamakate, a community in Lower Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, play a game of Rural Youth League football. This was the final match of the youth league, which was created to give young people a positive outlet for their energy.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

Joel Baguma (foreground) and others who belong to Promo Jeune Basket, an organization that teaches basketball skills to children, read books after practice in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Another organization, Books for Eastern Congo, lends the books to the children after their practice sessions three times a week.

Photo by Esther Nsapu

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