Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Orocovis, Puerto Rico

From left, Laila Torres, 16, Jezael Torres, 12, and Ilianys Miranda, 8, load soil into a wheelbarrow for planting in Orocovis, a mountainous town in central Puerto Rico. Approximately 14 children have been meeting at the Solidarity House, in the Miraflores sector of Orocovis, since early July for ecology camp. At the camp, known as the Miraflores Children’s Agricultural School, children plant and harvest food and learn about inclusive language, agroecology and sustainability.

Photo by Ishbel Cora Rodríguez

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Battsetseg Sharavjamts waters vegetables in her greenhouse in Orkhon, a soum in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia. Battsetseg has grown vegetables at home for five years and uses them to feed her husband and three children.

Photo by Tegshdelger Batbayar

Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Kafle cuts grass with his sister, Sabina Kafle, to feed his cows in Kathmandu, Nepal. Saroj Kafle says his sales of cow’s milk have decreased since the coronavirus hit Nepal.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Amarbayasgalan Byambajav trims a tree into a heart shape in Erdenet, a city in Mongolia’s Orkhon province. Every summer, employees in the Department of Gardening and Horticulture reshape the trees in the city center.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Tuv Province, Mongolia

Irmuun Bayanmunkh, 7, waits for his horse to be saddled in Mongolia’s Tuv province. Irmuun is learning to ride horses at his uncle’s house while schools are shut down due to the spread of the coronavirus. In late January, Mongolia was one of the first countries to secure borders and close schools.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Eric Rodríguez, 11, fishes with his family at the Humacao Nature Reserve in Humacao, Puerto Rico. The land, previously dedicated to the cultivation of sugar cane, was designated as a conservation project in 1986.

Photo by Iris González Román

Caguas, Puerto Rico

People pause to admire Edwin Vélez Camacho’s Bengal cat, Tafari, during an event in the Jardín Botánico y Cultural William Miranda Marín in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Photo by Gabriela Ortiz Díaz

Bardiya District, Nepal

Mamta Chaudhary takes goats to graze at her family’s farm in Nepal’s Bardiya District. The family sells goats for their livelihood.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

Harare, Zimbabwe

Webster Msika waters his sugar bean field in Harare, Zimbabwe. Msika, an urban farmer who grows crops for his family and to sell to the community, needed to keep the plants watered to prevent them from being affected by erratic rain patterns. He says his yield this season will be less compared to when there rainfall is normal.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Beachgoers stroll along the pier on the beach in the Humacao municipality of Puerto Rico. Behind them is a good view of Cayo Santiago, popularly known as Isla de los Monos, or Monkey Island.

Photo by Iris González Román

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Tafadzwa Mazanhi (left) and Kim Dingaan sit at a scenic overlook called Prince of Wales on a road in the Vumba Mountains to the southeast of Mutare, Zimbabwe, carving stone. The overlook is popular with tourists and locals who purchase stone works from the sculptors.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Farmer Sophie Mayaza travels by canoe to sell the produce she grows in bulk to resellers on the other side of the Tshopo River, commonly known as the “left bank,” about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. The resellers sell the produce at various small markets in neighboring villages.

Photo by Nadia Kanyere Karasisi

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Jean Robert Pierre (from left), Jacques Boré, and André Jeudi prepare their nets before casting into Port-au-Prince Bay outside of Titanyen, a village in Haiti. When the sea is calm, the group of fishermen can catch up to 4 or 5-gallon buckets full of fish, shrimp and crabs, which they sell at the market or directly to their customers.

Photo by Marie Michelle Felicien

Kampala, Uganda

Nansereko Cecilia (left) and Kabatoro Phiona winnow coffee beans at a processing plant of Qualicoff, a coffee company in Kampala, Uganda. Winnowing increases the bean’s quality by removing chaff, or the pulp and skin.

Photo by Edna Namara

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jean Rino Malondo crosses a small river locally known as Kikongo, transporting bamboo 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the area of Simesta to sell to customers in downtown Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malondo uses a bicycle and a homemade bamboo boat to take the bamboo across the river. He has been collecting and selling bamboo for 19 years.

Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

Harare, Zimbabwe

Livingstone Marange makes a bird’s nest using grass growing along the roadside in Harare, Zimbabwe. Marange has been making bird’s nests, brooms and flower pots with grass for 10 years.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Quiché, Guatemala

Miguel Raymundo plants seeds to start a forest nursery in his backyard in Nebaj, a municipality in the department of Quiché, Guatemala. Raymundo is starting multiple nurseries to experiment with new strategies to reduce pollution.

Photo by Brenda Leticia Saloj Chiyal

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Farmer Jeanne Marie Esiso picks amaranth with her children Enock Lombale, 3, and Exaucé Lombale, 10 months, in the Kabondo commune of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Esiso gathers the herb every day to sell at Kisangani’s central market.

Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

Bai Haryana, India

Waseem Khan, 16, takes his herd of buffalo for a stroll in Bai, a village in the state of Haryana, India. Every day, Khan takes the buffaloes many kilometers out in search of water and fodder.

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Les Cayes, Haiti

Gardener Celhomme Télémaque cuts bananas off his tree in Les Cayes, Haiti. Télémaque has been gardening at home for four years. With the bananas, he always has food without going away from home.

Photo by Anne Myriam Bolivar

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sivam Mercy, 14, sets nets to catch shrimp at Pannai Beach in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Helping his father, Sivam sets the nets in the evening and hauls in the shrimp in the morning.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Kampala, Uganda

Travelers depart from the Port Bell Landing Site on Lake Victoria in Kampala, Uganda. Boaters and fishermen say that the lake is often overgrown with water hyacinth, a weed that hinders travel and hurts their businesses.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Nshenyi, Isingiro District, Uganda

Methodias Atukwase (left) and Clephas Muhereza thresh their bean harvest in Nshenyi, a village in Uganda’s Isingiro District. They beat the crop to loosen the beans from the husks. It takes them three days to thresh one sack of beans.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Alaveddy, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Panchatcharam Kanagasabapathy, 70, throws fertilizer on his rice paddy in Alaveddy, a village in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka. Kanagasabapathy has planted paddy seedlings on his field for the past 25 years.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

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Orocovis, Puerto Rico

Darkhan-Uhl, Mongolia

Kathmandu, Nepal

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Tuv Province, Mongolia

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Bardiya District, Nepal

Harare, Zimbabwe

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Kampala, Uganda

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Harare, Zimbabwe

Quiché, Guatemala

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Bai Haryana, India

Les Cayes, Haiti

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kampala, Uganda

Nshenyi, Isingiro District, Uganda

Alaveddy, Jaffna, Sri Lanka