Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Children play under the autumn shade of the chinar trees at Naseem Bagh, a garden on the University of Kashmir campus in Srinagar, a major city in Indian-administered Kashmir. In 1635, the ruler of the Mughal Empire planted 1,200 chinar saplings at Naseem Bagh, whose name means Garden of Breeze.

Photo by Raihana Maqbool

Vásquez Guatemala

Santa Vásquez (left) and Paulina Chiyal buy flowers at the market in the village of Vásquez, in the Totonicapán region of Guatemala. Vásquez arrived early to choose flowers to decorate her house and the local cemetery’s mausoleum.

Photo by Brenda Leticia Saloj Chiyal

Karambakurichchi, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Vallikkodi Paramananthar gathers palmyra sprouts while harvesting her field in Karambakurichchi, a village on the Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka. This work is an ancestral tradition for Paramananthar, and it helps to provide for her family.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Harare, Zimbabwe

At the Kamfinsa Shopping Center in Harare, Zimbabwe, David Mutasa sets up an artwork that he made from a tire. Mutasa, who is a missionary, was inspired by a dream to create tire art, and he donates the money he makes to charity, he says.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Viviana Gonzáles, an artist and transgender activist, performs her autobiographical play “La Karateca” at Mocha Fest, a monthly event that raises money for Bachillerato Popular Trans “Mocha Celis,” a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gonzáles acts out various stages of her life, representing the difficulties of being transgender, of hiding her identity to compete in tae kwon do competitions, and of fighting cancer.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Mexico City, Mexico

Habana Devani Mendoza Vera, 18, performs at Mercado Iztacalco’s 60th-anniversary festival in Mexico City. Shops at the market gave balloons to children who attended and gave kitchen utensils to adults.

Photo by Mar García

Kampala, Uganda

Sharunga Dorah, 11, helps her parents crush stones at a quarry in Acholi Quarter, a village in Kampala, Uganda. Sharunga makes 200 Ugandan shillings (5 cents) per 10-liter (10.6-quart) jerry can of stones. The money helps with her school fees and with household necessities.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Paramsothy Kaliyugavarathan sells traditional oil lamps on the roadside in Jaffna, the capital of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Each lamp sells for about 50 Sri Lankan rupees (29 cents), earning Kaliyugavarathan 600 to 800 rupees ($3.48 to $4.64) per day. These traditional lamps are popular during Hindu religious holidays.

Photo by Poongulaly Balagobalan

Lusaka, Zambia

Kelvin Kaboba (center) cheers for the Young Buffaloes Football Club, during the Barclays Cup tournament final at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia. The fans show their support for the team by making a gesture resembling buffalo horns. The Young Buffaloes lost the match to the Nkana Football Club, 3-0.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Enya people practice traditional fishing techniques, at Wagenia Falls in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. They use these wooden tripods to hold baskets and nets to trap Congo River fish, which are sold for about 8,000 Congolese francs ($5) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) at Kisangani’s central market.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Farmers Kirusnapillai Nahulenthiran (left) and M.I. Alavudheen harvest their “short season” paddy in Mannar, a city in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Once a year, during what is known as the “short season,” the government gives its agricultural land to farmers, so they can harvest and earn wages.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Nyazura, Zambia

Kerina Muguta, seen here with a coworker’s children, Tinotenda Mangwiro, 3, and Ruvarashe Mangwiro, 5 (left), sorts grass along the Harare-Mutare road in Nyazura, a city about 195 kilometers (121 miles) southeast of Harare, Zimbabwe. The grass is sold for 20 cents per bundle and is used to build thatched roofs.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Kibaya, Rwanda

Faustin Mfitumukiza, 23, carries a banana tree trunk to feed his cows in Kibaya, a village in Rwanda’s Rubavu district. Since the Rwandan government forbade farmers from grazing cows outside their pens because of the danger of spreading diseases, farmers have preferred to feed their cattle with cheap banana trees.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Manang, Nepal

Sukh Bahadur Gurung returns to his village, Khangsar, after delivering supplies to a hotel at the Tilicho Base Camp in Manang, Nepal. Gurung makes deliveries during the fall and spring, when trekkers visit Tilicho Lake.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Thorong La Pass, Nepal

A cyclist crosses Thorong La Pass, which has an altitude of 5,416 meters (17,769 feet), from Besisahar to Pokhara in Nepal. The journey takes 10 to 12 days by bike.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Trevor Kashiri crushes stones at a quarry in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Kashiri and his team of small-scale stone crushers roll boulders down nearby mountains, then break up the rocks. They sell a truckload of 7 metric tons (15,400 pounds) for $120 to $150. A wheelbarrow full of stones goes for $2.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

In Vavuniya, a district in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, students from the Empowerment Campus of Social, Economical and Environmental Developers, or SEED, perform a street drama advocating against child abuse. The drama’s theme was, “We, today’s elders, were yesterday’s children; protecting children and [encouraging] them to move forward is our responsibility.” SEED was organized in 1996 to aid those affected by Sri Lanka’s lengthy civil war.

Photo by Thayalini Indrakularasa

Kirumba, DRC

Graphic artist Christian Bahwere Songya (right) gives painting lessons to Divine Kavugho, a teacher, in the city of Kirumba in Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province. Songya has been drawing since childhood, and now he teaches art to keep people from turning to crime or joining armed groups.

Photo by Merveille Kavira Luneghe

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Jessika Jacques and Garvens Reby play ludo, a board game, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The two were participating in a traditional-game day organized by ethnology students at the State University of Haiti.

Photo by Anne Myriam Bolivar

Makiso, DRC

Benito Awazi welds windows at his workshop in Makiso, a district in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Awazi says that when electricity is available, he is able to make four doors and four windows per day. He sells each door for 486,000 Congolese francs ($300), and windows are 162,000 to 242,000 francs ($100 to $150). To avoid having his work disrupted by power outages, Awazi buys prepaid electricity from SNEL, a national utility, for 32,400 francs ($20) per day.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba