Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

A sunset illuminates fishermen on the banks of Dal Lake, along Boulevard Road in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. The local men say they enjoy fishing to pass the time in the evenings.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kamal Shrestha (left), 32, lights a lamp with his 1-year-old son, Kapil, at the Swayambhunath temple in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Believers light many lamps at once to get their wishes fulfilled and to get blessings from Buddha.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Kathmandu, Nepal

In Kathmandu, Nepal, Norkay Sherpa feeds pigeons near the Seegal stupa (or shrine), also known as Kathesimbhu stupa, in Thahity, an area near the Thamel neighborhood. Sherpa also goes to the Swayambhunath and Hanuman Dhoka temples to feed pigeons, who can often be found near Hindu temples and Buddhist stupas.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Baitadi District, Uganda

Friends Laxmi Bhul (left), 14, and Sabita Bhul, 13, work at a stone dig in Nepal's Baitadi district to make money for school fees and supplies. The two work from 6:30-9 a.m. and from 4:30-6 p.m. to earn 200 Nepalese rupees ($1.95) per day.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Elephant rides are one of the safest ways to get around Nepal's Chitwan National Park and observe wild animals up close. This site, in the south-central region, is the nation's first protected national park.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Raju Muni Bajracharya, a 42-year-old priest, paints statues of the deities White Tara and Green Tara, in a temple dedicated to Avalokiteshvara, also known as Seto Machendranath, who is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists. The temple is in Jan Bahal, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Once a year, the deities are cleaned and repainted, because it is believed a year is only a day for the gods.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

R. Raja, known as Nai Maama, or Uncle Cobra, charms a snake alongside his monkey, named Punchi Mahattaya, or Little Gentleman. Raja, a member of the Ahikuntika community, an ancient Sri Lankan nomadic group, lives in Ape Gama, a replica of an old Sri Lankan cultural village, in Battaramulla, a suburb of the capital, Colombo. In Ape Gama, people go about their daily routines, explaining village life to visitors to this historical theme park.

Photo by Nirasha Piyawadani

Kathmandu, Nepal

Swayambhunath, an ancient shrine known as the “Monkey Temple,” west of Kathmandu, Nepal, is home to these monkeys, who are considered holy by Tibetan Buddhists and Hindus.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Thuan Farzan receives a treatment at a fish massage center at the Floating Market in Pettah, a neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The center says that unexpected benefits of the massage include improved circulation, reduce depression and anxiety and helps to prevent headaches.

Photo by Nirasha Piyawadani

Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

Sanjeewa Pubudu Nanayakkara measures the dimensions of a handmade nativity scene for a customer at his roadside stall outside St. Mary’s Church in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka. Nanayakkara, who has sold these Christmas decorations for more than 15 years, makes the nativity scenes out of wood and straw. His cousin makes the clay figures.

Photo by Manori Wijesekera

Mandikatar, Nepal

Raj Kumar (left), 16, and Mohammad Raju, 19, fluff cotton that will be used to make and repair quilts and mattresses in Mandikatar, a suburb in Kathmandu, Nepal. They perform this service door to door. For three months during the winter, the two travel from the eastern state of Bihar, India, to work in Nepal, usually earning around 20,000 Nepalese rupees (about $193) per month.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Kathmandu, Nepal

Schoolchildren play at the construction site at the Jaye Saraswati Primary School in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Kavrey district. The school was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake, and rebuilding began last year.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Jyamdi, Kavrey, Nepal

Amar Thapa, who lives in the village of Jyamdi in Kavrey district, Nepal, plays a shehnai, a popular traditional instrument in that nation, to wish candidates good luck in the parliamentary election and provincial election to be held Nov. 26 and Dec. 7, respectively. The shehnai is mainly used on auspicious occasions like weddings, religious rituals and elections, and to call villagers to public gatherings.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Kathmandu, Nepal

In the capital city of Kathmandu, contract-based police hired by Nepal’s government train for duty during the Parliament and provincial elections on Nov. 26 and Dec. 7, respectively. Government police officers held the training for the contract-based police, who will be deployed in the field during the elections.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Satti, Kailali District, Nepal

Naurata Dhungana (left), 32, and Harikala Rawal, 45, thresh rice, separating grain from stalks, by beating it against a bench. They’re working in Satti, a community in Nepal’s Kailali district, over 600 kilometers (over 400 miles) from Kathmandu, the capital. The rice, planted in July, is stored as a yearlong staple to last until the next harvest in October or November.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Hindu priest Udhav Man Karmacharya performs puja, or an act of worship, on the Taleju goddess shrine in Hanuman Dhoka, a royal palace complex in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital. Once a year, the shrine is brought to the Guhyeshwari Temple for puja before it returns to the Taleju Temple in Hanuman Dhoka.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Kathmandu, Nepal

Sarita Khanal and her husband, Padam Chetri, with help from Hindu priest Baikuntha Dhakal (right), perform a puja to worship the god Vishnu for the Hindu holiday Haribodhini Ekadashi in Kathmandu, Nepal. The worship includes a fast that Hindus believe will wipe away sins committed in previous lives.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Negombo, Sri Lanka

S.M. Kanthi, 40, lays fish out to dry in the sun at the Main Fish Market in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Kanthi, who has done this job for five years, is paid 400 Sri Lankan rupees ($2.60) per barrel of fish. The job requires turning the fish over after several hours, protecting the fish from rain with a plastic sheet and loading them into baskets when they are fully dried.

Photo by Manori Wijesekera

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Shoppers buy pottery and utensils made from mud near the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. Even though the use of mud utensils has largely declined in Kashmir, some people still prefer them.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Tangmarg, Indian-administered Kashmir

In Tangmarg, a town in Indian-administered Kashmir, migrant workers make bedding from old clothes. They use a diesel machine that shreds the garments into cotton, and then they stuff the cotton into a mattress-shaped cloth. The workers, who come from Patna, the capital of Bihar, India, roam from village to village, recycling old clothes from the residents, and they charge 1,000 rupees ($15.34) for two mattresses.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

Along Robert Road in Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, boys with decorated bicycles lead a procession of devotees, known as a “perahera.” Participants of this Buddhist ritual walk through their community to the local temple carrying baskets of flowers, cloth wicks and coconut oil to light lamps as offerings to Buddha and offerings of robes for the temple priests. This traditional ritual takes place throughout October and November, and the processions are usually arranged by a few families who live on the same street.

Photo by Manori Wijesekera

Kathmandu, Nepal

During the Chhath Puja festival on Oct. 26 in Kamal Pokhari, a neighborhood in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal, Gita Budhathoki (center), 55, prayed to Surya, the Hindu sun god, by putting an offering of mixed flour and coloring into the Kamal Pokhari pond. This ancient Hindu festival is traditionally observed by four days of prayer and thanks to the sun god and his sister, Chhathi Maiya, to promote well-being and the development and prosperity of humankind.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Mohammad Rafiq Dhobi, 42, washes shawls on the banks of the Jhelum River in Aali Kadal, in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. People who are a part of the Dhobi caste, many of whom use Dhobi as their last name, have traditionally been laundry workers who wash shawls by hand and dry them in the sun, earning about 500 to 1,000 rupees ($7.68 to $15.37) per day. Dhobi says he has been washing shawls since his childhood, but the younger generation in his family are shifting to other jobs.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Patan, Nepal

Ani Chokyi (right), a female monk, recites prayers with other Buddhist monks and devotees during the chöd puja, a monthly worship gathering at the Padma Varna Mahayan Bihar, a monastery in Jyatha Bahal, an area in Patan, Nepal. The devotees use instruments like a damaru drum and a bell as they recite from the Buddhist prayer book.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

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