Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Kathmandu, Nepal

In front of the Annapurna Temple in Ason, a market square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dipendra Tuladhar draws a “kalash” in an offering of grain. A kalash is a metal pot filled with water and offered to the gods. The grains thank the gods for the good harvest, as Hindus and Buddhists pray for next year’s crop.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Manang, Nepal

Yaks graze in the Himalayan region of Manang, Nepal. Male yaks are bred for meat, which is usually dried for easy storage. Female yaks, called dri, are bred for meat and their milk, which is also used to make churpi, a traditional type of cheese.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

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

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

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

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Mohammad Kamaal Dar, 65, uses a weighted net to catch fish at Dal Lake in Srinagar, a major city in Indian-administered Kashmir. Dar, who has been a fisherman for 40 years, sells each kilogram (2.2 pounds) of fish for 250 to 350 Indian rupees ($3.40 to $4.75).

Photo by Aliya Bashir

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Motorists struggle out of a mud hole that formed on Kisangani Road in Democratic Republic of Congo. The unpaved road, part of the Trans-African Highway, was built by Belgian colonists in the 1960s.

Photo by Nadia Kanyere Karasisi

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Kerlie Prédélus, 24, rides a horse for the first time, with instruction from Fritzner Coriolan, at Wynne Farm Ecological Reserve in the Port-au-Prince commune of Kenscoff, Haiti. Coriolan has been a riding teacher for 15 years, showing people how to enjoy horses beyond their use as beasts of burden.

Photo by Marie Michelle Felicien

Upper Mustang, Nepal

Horses in Namashung, a village in Nepal’s Upper Mustang region, wear cushioned saddles made from cloth with traditional Tibetan designs. Most families in this area own horses. Aside from using them for transportation, the locals hire them out to tourists.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Upper Mustang, Nepal

Truck driver Ram Tamang (center) and his colleagues attempt to free a truck stuck in the Kagbeni Khola, a river in the Kagbeni village in Upper Mustang, Nepal. Water levels rose after the rains of the summer monsoon season.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Playa Bacocho, Oaxaca, Mexico

The animal protection group Vive Mar released this turtle, which was less than 2 days old, at Playa Bacocho, a beach in Oaxaca state, Mexico. The group, founded by local residents, rescues turtle eggs that are buried in the sand, before they are found by poachers, who sell them.

Photo by Mar García

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

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

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

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

Damassin, Haiti

Elyores Senat, 33, picks a coconut from the very top of a tree in Damassin, Haiti. Senat has been doing this work since age 12. He picks the fruit for a farm owner, who pays him in coconuts, which Senat can later sell. He enjoys the job and sees it as a way to give back to his community, whose residents use coconuts in a variety of foods.

Photo by Anne Myriam Bolivar

Sheema District, Uganda

Musimenta Frank (left) and Akobumosi Cosmas take bananas to the Kabwohe market in Uganda’s Sheema district. Four times a day, the duo make the 6-mile journey to transport the green bananas, known locally as “matoke,” from their garden in Masheruka to the market, and each of them earns about 70,000 Ugandan shillings ($18.76) per trip.

Photo by Edna Namara

Sheema District, Uganda

Medad Kamukama harvests ripe coffee beans at his home garden in Uganda’s Sheema district. The beans turn from green to red when they are ready to harvest, which is usually from May to August. Kamukama gets 5,000 Ugandan shillings ($1.33) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of clean and dried coffee, and his crop is then exported to the European Union.

Photo by Edna Namara

Rugerero, Rwanda

Shadrack Byukusenge, 8, draws water from the Sebeya River in Rugerero, a sector in Rwanda’s northwestern Rubavu district. After heavy rains blocked the pipes that carry water to his village of Rushubi, Shadrack walked 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) to retrieve water from the river.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

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Kathmandu, Nepal

Manang, Nepal

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Karambakurichchi, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Kibaya, Rwanda

Manang, Nepal

Thorong La Pass, Nepal

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Upper Mustang, Nepal

Upper Mustang, Nepal

Playa Bacocho, Oaxaca, Mexico

Tangbe, Upper Mustang, Nepal

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Damassin, Haiti

Sheema District, Uganda

Sheema District, Uganda

Rugerero, Rwanda