Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Nallur, Sri Lanka

Muniyasamy Rasenthiram works at his family’s shop in Nallur, a suburb of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Rasenthiram, who has been making clay pottery for 30 years, is paid about 3 to 5 Sri Lankan rupees (2 or 3 cents) per item.

Photo by Poongulaly Balagobalan

Tangbe, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Rinzen Tsecho (left) and Kumari Roka Magar separate seeds from locally grown apricots in Tangbe, a village in Upper Mustang, Nepal. They give the fruit to their cattle and make cooking oil from the seeds.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Harare, Zimbabwe

Sandra Mazviwanza collects water from a pipe that burst in Glenview 2, a neighborhood in Harare, Zimbabwe. Although three people from her neighborhood have died in Zimbabwe’s current outbreak of cholera, a water-borne disease, Mazviwanza says this is the only way she has had to gather water since the rupture of this pipe, which is connected to her house.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Lusaka, Zambia

Roman Catholic churchgoers pray before a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Marian Shrine in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

José Antonio Robles Córdova (center), 11, plays on the “bicibomba,” or bicycle pump, at Escuela Primaria Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez, an elementary school in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas state, Mexico. He’s flanked by Ángel Gabriel Arias Cupil (left), 8, and Emilio Adrián López Gómez, 7. The bicibomba provides water for the students, teaches them how water circulates through a purifier, and gives them an incentive to exercise and play.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Velan Rajenthiran repairs slippers on the roadside in Mannar, a town in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Rajenthiran, who started this business two years ago, fixes torn footwear, leather bags and umbrellas.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Kathmandu, Nepal

Buddhist devotees practice kora, the tradition of walking around a stupa, or shrine, while chanting prayers and using prayer beads, at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Buddhists who come to the stupa usually participate in kora in the morning or evening.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Mexico City, Mexico

Ariel Toledo, 19, disassembles a used mattress on the job at Colchomex, a mattress repair and manufacturing workshop in Mexico City’s Portales Sur neighborhood. Each day, the 50-year-old workshop repairs 15 to 20 used mattresses.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Rubavu District, Rwanda

A voter drops off her ballot at a polling location in Rwanda’s Rubavu district during parliamentary elections. In Rwanda, elections are celebrated like weddings, hence the decorations. The candidates are viewed as the voters’ brides.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Lusaka, Zambia

During the Pamodzi Carnival, a festival in Lusaka, Zambia, a Makishi dancer performs with a snake and a mask that represent ancestral spirits. At Pamodzi, which means “together” in the Chichewa language, cultural groups from the country’s 10 provinces gather to celebrate Zambia’s heritage.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Chaquijyá, Guatemala

Intermediate students perform a folk dance at the Escuela Central, a school in the village of Chaquijyá in Guatemala’s Sololá department. They perform on special occasions to demonstrate their traditions and customs.

Photo by Brenda Leticia Saloj Chiyal

Mannar, Sri Lanka

John Anthonipillai sells fresh fish on the side of Mannar Bridge, which connects Mannar Island to the main island of Sri Lanka. Every evening for the last three years, Anthonipillai has sold fish to travelers on the bridge to Mannar Island, which has a thriving marine industry.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The folk dance group Die Lustigen Tiroler performs traditional Austrian dances at the Plaza de Mayo, a public square in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The performance by the dancers, based in the Villa del Parque neighborhood, was part of an event called Buenos Aires Celebra, during which the city celebrates the nation’s various cultural communities.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Clementine Nikuze has transformed old tires into planters at her home in Rwanda’s Rubavu District. Nikuze, a mother of four, turned tire gardens into a business. Customers pay her 15,000 Rwandan francs (about $17) to come to their homes and install small tire gardens.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Bukoto, Uganda

Friends and neighbors (left to right) Blair, 3; Alysha, 4; and Ismah, 2, search through garbage for toys in Bukoto, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. The group returns about once per week to look for new treasures. During this trip, they discovered some playing cards.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Girbson Bijou entertains wedding guests in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bijou, who also works as an information technology manager, started his group, Mémorial Band, in 2016.

Photo by Anne Myriam Bolivar

Kathmandu, Nepal

Gopinath Dhungana puts tika on the forehead of Manisha Waiba during Janai Purnima, a Hindu festival in Bagbazar, a neighborhood of Kathmandu, Nepal. Tika, made from red powder mixed with water and rice, is applied during puja, or Hindu worship. During Janai Purnima, worshippers also receive janai, a sacred thread worn around the wrist.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Chidzonga strings beads to sell at his makeshift stand in Harare, Zimbabwe. Chidzonga makes custom jewelry for clients who want something unique or an item with a personal message or name.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Budhanilkantha, Nepal

Ram Chandra Neupane catches rainbow trout from the holding tank at Rainbow Trout restaurant in Budhanilkantha, Nepal. The restaurant sells 20 to 22 kilograms (44 to 48.5 pounds) of rainbow trout on Saturdays and 2 to 7 kilograms (4 to 15 pounds) on weekdays.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Thirunelvely, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

Every day for the past 35 years, Thangarasa Lingarasa (right), Thampu Thevarasa (center) and Rasaiah Pathmanathan (left) have gotten together to roll tobacco in Thirunelvely, a village in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna district. They make about 2,200 cigars per week, earning 1.80 Sri Lankan rupees (a little more than 1 U.S. cent) per cigar, so each man earns about 4,000 rupees (about $25) per week.

Photo by Poongulaly Balagobalan

Mexico City, Mexico

Ricardo Memeche Mozo paints a pot at the Mercado de Plantas y Flores Acuexcomatl, a market in southern Mexico City. Memeche Mozo, who wants to study to become a chef, makes about 1,400 pesos ($74) per week painting flower pots.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Kathmandu, Nepal

Laxmi Maya Prajapati works on the reconstruction of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal. Reconstruction of the temple, which was built in the 17th century and destroyed in the April 2015 earthquake, began last month.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Zuzane Makamako (center), 10, intensely plays a child brain game called “Chuka” with her friends Anton Kambilose (left), 11, and Clémence Mande, 9, at Zuzane’s home in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Players take turns attempting to capture all the stones placed between them. The children say their parents don’t allow them to play when they’re in school, so they enjoy the game as often as possible during summer vacation.

Photo by Francine Ishay Mulumba

Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala

Ixmukané Saloj, a graduate of Colegio San Francisco Panajachel, a high school in Panajachel, Guatemala, models a dress made of recycled waste for the school’s “Señorita San Francisco” contest. The dress helped to spread awareness about the dangers of pollution at an event which had environmental conservation as its theme.

Photo by Brenda Leticia Saloj Chiyal

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Nallur, Sri Lanka

Tangbe, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Kathmandu, Nepal

Mexico City, Mexico

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Lusaka, Zambia

Chaquijyá, Guatemala

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Bukoto, Uganda

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Kathmandu, Nepal

Harare, Zimbabwe

Budhanilkantha, Nepal

Thirunelvely, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

Mexico City, Mexico

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala