Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

Catherine Mutokambali, of Himbi, a neighborhood in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, washes her clothes on the shore of Lake Kivu. After about 15 years of water shortages at her home, Mutokambali wakes up at 5 a.m. daily to do laundry at Lake Kivu, she says.

Photo by Nadia Kanyere Karasisi

Kyanja, Uganda

In Kyanja, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, Simon Kintu, 16, swings William Kato, 9, as he carries James Milimo, 15, on his shoulders in an acrobatic act performed for audience donations. The trio, who say they earn an average 30,000 to 60,000 Ugandan shillings ($7.85 to $15.70) per day, began performing publicly in 2015, after they perfected their acrobatic skills and developed their stunts.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Harare, Zimbabwe

Dzidzai Masasa, of Mabvuku, a suburb east of Harare, Zimbabwe, waters her garden, which produces rapeseed, covo and other leafy vegetables to feed her family or to be sold in her community. The suburb has not had running water for more than five years due to old pipes, so Masasa uses water from her home’s well.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kampala, Uganda

Moses Sekisaka cleans a taxi at a car wash in Mulago, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. Sekisaka, who has been washing cars for four years, makes 10,000 to 20,000 Ugandan shillings ($2.70 to $5.40) per vehicle, depending on the size.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Harare, Zimbabwe

In Tafara, a suburb east of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, Tadiwa Hunzvi, 4, (right) and other children enjoy finding and playing with old tires. The kids race one another to see who can roll the tires the fastest.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Mparo, Uganda

At their home in Mparo, a town in Uganda’s Rukiga District, brothers Peter Niwagaba (right), 17, and John Ruhija, 8, feed their rabbits and clean the hutch to keep the animals healthy. When the rabbits are fully grown, the brothers will sell them for about 30,000 Ugandan shillings ($8.07), which they’ll use to pay school fees.

Photo by Edna Namara

Nyundo, Rwanda

Francois Samvura (right) and Pasteur Nsabumuremyi cut lumber for customers in the Nyundo sector of Rwanda’s Rubavu district. They camp near the trees and usually cut two or three per day.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Kampala, Uganda

Sarah Bukirwa (right) tries to block Irene Bukirwa from scoring a point at the Muteesa I Royal University interfaculty netball tournament held at their Kampala, Uganda campus. Irene’s team, made up of faculty members from the science, art and information technology school, defeated Sarah’s team from the business and management school by a score of 7-4. The two players aren’t related.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Kampala, Uganda

Eva Tuhilirwe collects used plastic bottles at the Kalerwe Market in Kampala, Uganda’s capital. Tuhilirwe, a single mother of two, sells about 40 to 60 kilograms (88 to 132 pounds) per week to plastic-bottle manufacturers for recycling.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Harare, Zimbabwe

Divine Kaliofasi (left), 7, plays table football with bus drivers and conductors at the commuter park in the city center of Harare, Zimbabwe. Playing the game, locally known as “slug,” costs 25 cents in Zimbabwean bond coins. Many drivers and conductors play while they wait for passengers to board commuter buses.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Mangiva, DRC

Alpha Mumbere, 20, cuts felled trees into lumber in the village of Mangiva in the Basili chiefdom of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mumbere saved money from his job as a farmer to purchase logging equipment. His earnings as a logger helped him build a home, and he has employed other young people in the area.

Photo by Pascaline Kavuo Mwasi Saambili

Mabvuku, Zimbabwe

Tafadzwa Kachingwe, accompanied by his daughters Tapiwa, 2, and Tinotenda, 4, waters his small flower garden. Kachingwe, a resident of Mabvuku, a suburb east of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, planted this garden at an old dump site after clearing the trash.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Lusaka, Zambia

At the main dump site of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, in the neighborhood of Chunga, Enala Lungu collects plastic bottles to sell to recyclers at 1.5 Zambian kwacha (around 15 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds). Lungu has been scavenging for 11 years, she says. Although her health is at risk, she feels the job is getting better, because local authorities are now providing gloves and plastic boots to all scavengers.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kibaya, Rubavu District, Rwanda

In Kibaya village in Rwanda’s Rubavu District, Denise Feza (center) plays a homemade game that involves jumping in the middle of a long rope wrapped around the hips of two friends. These children enjoy creating games to play in the afternoons, after they’ve helped their parents cultivate farmland.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

At the White City Stadium in Bulawayo, Nomqhele Sibanda, 9, gets her face painted during Zimbabwe’s 38th Independence Day celebration on April 18. Residents of the city’s suburbs came to participate in various activities and commemorate the first Independence Day following the November 2017 resignation of President Robert Mugabe.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Ntinda, Uganda

Musa Kibirige (left foreground) and his band, Abakeesi, entertain a crowd in Ntinda, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. The band draws different circles on the pavement for audience members to donate based on their religion, encouraging competition to see which religion gives the most money.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Kampala, Uganda

Magdalene Primary School students rehearse a traditional dance called bakisimba at the National Theatre Gardens in Kampala, Uganda, before the premiere of a local film, “The Secrets of a Tourist.” The students performed at the premiere to encourage other children to get involved in the dramatic arts.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Kanama, Rubavu District, Rwanda

In Kamuhoza, an area in the Kanama sector of Rwanda’s Rubavu district, residents and local authorities fill sandbags to protect homes and property from flooding during the rainy season, which lasts from March to May. The group also planted trees to help prevent erosion, which commonly occurs when the local Sebeya River floods.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tisha Brown (rear) gives swimming lessons to children and adults at her home in Harare, Zimbabwe. Some schools offer swimming classes to children, and some parents take lessons from Brown so they can swim with their kids.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Lusaka, Zambia

Peer educator Zoe Kuyanda conducts an on-spot HIV test on Stephen Mbawa in Mtendere Township in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. AIDS-related illnesses continue to be a leading cause of death in eastern and southern Africa, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations program to combat the disease.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Construction engineer Jean-Marie Lisilo (top), 27, tosses baked bricks to young adults in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the bricks will be sold. Lisilo created the group, Association des Briquetier de la Tschopo, to teach youths in the community how to make and sell bricks. The bricks are baked to increase durability and then carefully removed from the kiln one by one.

Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

Harare, Zimbabwe

In Harare, Zimbabwe, Tendai Kamwarira walks on the street selling balls, dog chains, snacks and steering wheel covers.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Lusaka, Zambia

Emelda Chola leads a group in a dance for Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of the Child Jesus in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, on March 25. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Holy Week for Christians and commemorates the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem before his crucifixion. Chola is holding palm branches, which symbolize the branches that were used to welcome Jesus as he entered the city.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

In the town of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, Berveli Izobo (left), 4, and Eloge Kapenge, 7, play mangola, a critical-thinking game in the mancala family. Berveli and Eloge, who also enjoy watching grown-ups play the game, are learning to think ahead before moving the pieces.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba

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Goma, North Kivu, DRC

Kyanja, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Mparo, Uganda

Nyundo, Rwanda

Kampala, Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Mangiva, DRC

Mabvuku, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

Kibaya, Rubavu District, Rwanda

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Ntinda, Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

Kanama, Rubavu District, Rwanda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo