Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Battsengel, Mongolia

Enkhbazar Darambazar, 12, milks a goat in Battsengel, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Enkhbazar spends summers in the countryside with his family and helps with chores.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Bayandalai, Umnugovi, Mongolia

Batbayar Yondon, a herder, paints his ger, or yurt, in the countryside north of Bayandalai, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. Mongolian gers are designed to be lightweight and durable, which makes them suitable for a nomadic lifestyle.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Ranjithraj Nishakaran advertises the magazine Siriththiran with a promotion team in Chavakachcheri, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The magazine, which was relaunched in January 2021, was founded in 1963 and circulated for 32 years before its offices were burned down during the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Enkhtsetseg Enkhbaatar, right, paints Nemekhjargal Togtokhbayar’s nails in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Enkhtsetseg has been working as a manicurist since 2019, when the bank where she used to work went bankrupt.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Esariyan Jeromiyas grinds iron to make a window frame in Adampan, Mannar district, Sri Lanka. Jeromiyas, a salaried employee at the workshop, commutes 30 kilometers (19 miles) each day.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kumar Rasaili embosses the figure of a goddess in a singing bowl at his shop in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal. Rasaili says tourists are his typical customers and the coronavirus pandemic has hampered his business.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Otgontuul Nyamsuren braids paper to create a flowerpot basket in Khan-Uul district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “I tried to braid paper six years ago and quit,” Otgontuul says. “During the [coronavirus] lockdown, I learned how to make paper plates and bags. I also post pictures of them on Facebook for people to learn from me.”

Photo by Nansalmaa Oyunchimeg

Battsengel, Mongolia

Agvaansambuu Byambadorj helps his family assemble their ger, a portable circular dwelling, at their summer camp in Battsengel, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Nomadic Mongolians move each season, and the ger can be easily disassembled and rebuilt.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Batkhuyag Tserendorj releases an arrow while practicing archery at the central stadium in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia. Just a few days before the annual Nadam Festival was set to begin, archers like Batkhuyag, who were planning to compete there, were notified that the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Cheddikulam, Sri Lanka

Kunarasa Dilaxan combines cement and sand to make stones for building material in Cheddikulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Young workers like Dilaxon used to travel to other districts for work, but they now stay close to home as coronavirus cases rise.

Photo by Thayalini Indrakularasa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Bal Krishna Shrestha eats corn as he waits for customers on Ring Road in Kathmandu. Shrestha says he usually drives around the city to look for customers, but because of an increase in gas prices, he cannot afford to waste fuel.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Turbayar Bat-Od, center, holding the microphone, performs with other members of the band Open Mic Lowc in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia. The event was organized to thank and encourage health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Family members of the founders of the Periya Thambiran temple make dumplings, or modak, as an offering to commemorate the day the temple was built in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Many people usually attend the celebration, but this year, only family members were present due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Byambadorj, Mongolia

Byambadorj Davaa plows a field in Ulziit, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Because of poor vegetation growth in summer, herders purchase grass to feed their livestock in winter from farmers like Byambadorj, who started to grow animal feed, or fodder, this year.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Davaasuren Purevsuren, a technology teacher, carves Yanjinlkham, the goddess of art, with a chisel on cedar wood in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Davaasuren, who has been carving since 1995, was able to spend more time on his hobby when schools were closed during the coronavirus lockdowns. “One doesn’t learn how to carve suddenly one day,” he says. “It takes a daily practice, little by little.”

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Inuvil, Sri Lanka

Murugan Jeevaratnam hammers wood to make kitchen shelves in Inuvil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Jeevaratnam, 73, has been working as a carpenter for 45 years and says now that he’s older, he earns his salary by doing easier work.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai Province, Mongolia

Myagmardorj Erdenebat and Tuvshinbayar Batchuluun paint a mural commissioned by a restaurant in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Manuvel Mahenthiran prepares a field to sow paddy in Adampan, Mannar district, Sri Lanka. Farmland is allocated once a year to members of farmers’ organizations registered with the Ministry of Agriculture.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Kathmandu, Nepal

People, aged 64, line up outside a school to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. The government has distributed vaccines in phases to people since January 2021.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Inuvil, Sri Lanka

Kanakalingam Govardhanan clears the grass around Karaikal Sivan Temple in Inuvil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. As a service, Govardhanan, a bus driver, has cleaned the temple's perimeter every day since the government imposed a travel restriction during the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Otgonkhishig Choisuren and Bilegdemberel Battur plant flowers at Amar Central Square in Erdenet city, Orkhon province, Mongolia. Otgonkhishig, who is part of the province’s initiative to plant around 50,000 flowers, says, “I like this work very much, because I contribute to making our city scenery fresh by planting beautiful flowers of multiple colors. I do this out of happiness.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Kamardheen Sithysameena and Kaleel Ramshiya sow black grain seeds in Adampan, Mannar district, Sri Lanka. Black grain is a profitable option for farmers because Sri Lanka restricts imports of the crop.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Arumugam Tharumaraja makes small earthenware lamps in Thirunelvely, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Tharumaraja says exporting his pottery has been limited due to COVID-19, so he has started making lamps for a lights festival in November.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Kathmandu, Nepal

Police check citizens for identification to enforce nonessential-movement restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic in Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

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Battsengel, Mongolia

Bayandalai, Umnugovi, Mongolia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Kathmandu, Nepal

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Battsengel, Mongolia

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Cheddikulam, Sri Lanka

Kathmandu, Nepal

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Byambadorj, Mongolia

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Inuvil, Sri Lanka

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai Province, Mongolia

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Kathmandu, Nepal

Inuvil, Sri Lanka

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Adampan, Sri Lanka

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kathmandu, Nepal