Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Kawanda, Wakiso district, Uganda

Proscovia Kirabo, 9, removes bottle top rings to make a rope in Kawanda, Wakiso district, Uganda. Proscovia sells the recycled-plastic ropes and says she’s happy she doesn’t need to buy them to play with anymore.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia

Oswald Mpande makes a reed mat in Luanshya, a town in Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Mpande says Luanshya has few employment opportunities and the mat-making skill he learned from his father has helped him earn a living.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kampala, Uganda

Sheila Namara, a visual artist, creates an indoor design element at a workshop in Lungujja, a neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda.

Photo by Beatrice Lamwaka

Mutare, Zimbabwe

From left, Godknows Recha, 13, Simbarashe Mubango, 5, Muponesi Muridzo, 11, Bornlove Guda, 9, and Promise Muridzo, 11, play a board game called “tsoro” in Shona as they wait for a meal at a food center in Devonshire, a neighborhood in Sakubva, a suburb of Mutare, Zimbabwe. The center provides food for children whose guardians cannot afford school fees or meals at home.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

Ngabo Olivier, 15, collects remnants of his family home after it was engulfed by lava when Mount Nyiragongo erupted near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Photo by Noella Nyirabihogo

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Proud Muridzo, 13, plays with an old car tire in a suburb of Mutare, Zimbabwe. Proud says he and his younger brother play games outside because they don’t want some of their peers who aren’t going to school to introduce them to drugs and alcohol.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Ndejje, Uganda

Umaru Kakeeto,15, fixes an air compressor machine at a small roadside mechanic shop in Lubugumu, a village in Ndejje, Wakiso district, Uganda. Umaru will train in the shop for three months before enrolling in a vocational school in August.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Chiredzi, Zimbabwe

Tapiwa Ndahwi cuts sugarcane into pieces to plant at a farm in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe. After harvesting, the farm will supply the sugarcane to local companies that process sugar.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Kirumba, DRC

From left , Everine Kavugho, Kavira Kibwana, Marigeritte Rembeka and Kyakimwe Hangi prepare beans for a pre-wedding ceremony in the Kikimba district of Kirumba, Democratic Republic of Congo. Fried beans are a popular food at ceremonies in the region.

Photo by Merveille Kavira Luneghe

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Kuda Matemadanda adjusts his rod while fishing at Mutirikwi River in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Matemadanda, who has worked as a gardener at this plot of land by the river for 20 years, enjoys fishing on his days off.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kampala, Uganda

Kasibante Eldad plasters the exterior of a new home in the Kawempe division of Kampala, Uganda. Affordable housing is in demand as people move from rural areas to the capital city in search of better living conditions.

Photo by Edna Namara

Harare, Zimbabwe

Elson Matorofa installs flooring in a building in Harare, Zimbabwe. Matorofa says he hopes the number of coronavirus cases continues to decrease because lockdowns have affected his ability to work.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kayna, DRC

Jules Muhindo Nzondero removes the hair from a cowhide at a tannery in Kahandabale, a district of Kayna, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nzondero is learning how to tan, which is the process of treating animal hides to produce leather goods.

Photo by Merveille Kavira Luneghe

Ndejje, Uganda

Nakato Mugabi, 3, practices boxing at Ella Martial Arts Academy in Ndejje, Wakiso district, Uganda. Coach Kigozi Abbey, who also coaches boxers at a national level, founded the academy in 2015.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Lusaka, Zambia

Wilson Simfukwe makes toy cars from used spray-paint cans alongside Thabo Mbeki Road in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. “I have sold more toys during the coronavirus pandemic than ever before, because children are usually home and they need to be kept busy,” Simfukwe says. “And these toys are durable, hence a lot of people love them compared to plastic toys.”

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Harare, Zimbabwe

Twinbless Kutsiwa, 10, plays a game called nhodo in Harare, Zimbabwe. She places small pebbles in a hole, throws a bigger pebble in the air, then tries to pull the pebbles out of the hole in time to catch the bigger pebble.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

While guarding his maize fields from monkeys, Tawanda Nyorovai passes the time by crushing stones to sell to builders in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. When the maize is ripe, monkeys become a nuisance because they search for food in the fields.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Freddy Chikwaya and his nieces Rudo Chikwaya, 12, and Mary Chikwaya, 9, warm themselves by a fire as they sell beaded necklaces near Lake Mutirikwi in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Tourists have been visiting the area less since the coronavirus lockdown began, but Freddy Chikwaya expects things to get better now that the country has started vaccinations.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Harare, Zimbabwe

Innocent Murawa paints the ceiling of a home in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s recent lockdown restricted many people’s ability to work. But individual contractors like Murawa have managed to find work painting and plastering homes.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Richard Notho Chapwanya hangs necklaces on a makeshift display at the arts and craft center in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. His business, which relies mostly on tourists, plummeted after the coronavirus lockdown began. He says he used to make $30 per day, but now he sometimes goes home with just $3 – or nothing at all.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Geaorge Kitimbili cuts the fruit from an oil palm tree on his land about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Kitimbili extracts the oil from the fruit to sell.

Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Oyunbaatar Narantsogt arranges the altar at Holy Lama Gandan Shadduvlin Monastery, the Buddhist center in Orkhon province, Mongolia, for Tsagaan Sar. The traditional Mongolian holiday celebrates the arrival of spring after a harsh winter and marks the beginning of the lunar calendar.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Boyemba Bakumi and his daughter Jeanne Gradi Bakumi, 13, paint a mural to raise awareness of malaria in Kabondo, a neighborhood in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Their mural encourages families to sleep under insecticide-treated bed nets and advertises the next public net distribution.

Photo by Zita Amwanga

Entebbe, Uganda

From left, Laurean Dumba, 11, Leticia Segawa, 12, and Jackie Atuhaire, 12, braid the hair of Lucy Nakawala, 11, under a neighborhood mango tree in Entebbe, Uganda. Since schools are closed due to the coronavirus, the children’s parents have begun to teach them skills to help them in the future – and keep them busy now.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

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Kawanda, Wakiso district, Uganda

Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia

Kampala, Uganda

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Ndejje, Uganda

Chiredzi, Zimbabwe

Kirumba, DRC

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kayna, DRC

Ndejje, Uganda

Lusaka, Zambia

Harare, Zimbabwe

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe

Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Entebbe, Uganda