Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Mexico City, Mexico

Merol, 33, performs a free show for people who pass by Kiosko Morisco, a gazebo in Mexico City, Mexico. The participants get a balloon after tossing a cloth ring in the air for Merol to catch. Merol, who prefers his stage name, seeks to spark the interest of people walking past. “We want to tell children to have fun — to grow up well and happy,” Merol says.

Photo by Mar García

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Primary school drum majorettes march through the city center in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The city, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary, began the festivities with this mini carnival, led by the Zimbabwe National Army band.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Mutare, Zimbabwe

A man who is currently a prisoner in the Mutare Remand Prison performs a traditional dance called Muchongoyo during a stakeholder visit to the facility in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The performance is put on by a prison arts group called Manicaland School of Arts. They often showcase their traditional dance moves for stakeholder visits, as well as for the rest of the prison population.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Bardiya District, Nepal

People from the village development committee of Baniyabhar in Nepal’s Bardiya District clear trees and grass in the Kalika Forestto shorten the walking distance to the nearby Magadagadi village. Twelve years ago, the villagers created the Kalika Forest Consumer Committee to help systemize the use of the forest and divide its resources equally.

Photo by Yam Kumari Kandel

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Members of the folk dance group, Mixcoacalli, perform at the annual Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz, or Spring and Peace Fair, at the Plaza 31 de Marzo, a park in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. Dancers in the group range from 13 to 18 years old.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe

Raymond Muzungu (black shirt), Christopher Matiza (red shirt) and others from Nyarowa village in Chimanimani District in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland Province, sit at a bridge that was partially destroyed by Cyclone Idai. Due to post-cyclone flooding, most schools have closed. Students like Raymond lost most of their school supplies, like books and uniforms, during the cyclone.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Bernard Lukusa (left to right), Fabien Kimoni, and Eric Kasongo, hold black belts to honor their fellow martial artist Francois Alauwa, who recently passed away. The friends of the deceased gather at Espace Boyomais in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. The provincial government provided the space for families to mourn their loved ones, pay their respects and perform karate demonstrations.

Photo by Zita Amwanga

Aldama, Chiapas, Mexico

Roberto Santiz, 12, (left) and Carlos Pérez, 8, light fireworks during the celebration of Señor de Tila held in Aldama, a municipality in Mexico’s Chiapas state. The celebration usually involves a procession where a statue of the religious figure Virgen María Magdalena is taken to meet with other statues of saints around the area. The procession ends with fireworks as the statue is returned to its altar.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Light from the setting sun shines over the Plaza 31 de Marzo in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, during the “Mujeres Conversando con Mujeres,” or “Women Conversing with Women” recital. Members of the Dirección de Equidad de Género y Desarrollo de las Mujeres, a municipal body which oversees gender equality and women’s development, and other local collectives and organizations attended to hear recitations of poetry and feminist texts, as well as live music.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Chipinge, Zimbabwe

Jason Pedzeni (from left), leads a traditional Ndau dance called Mchongoyo, with his siblings Kesia Pedzeni and Elisha Pedzeni, during a practice session in the village of Chikore in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. In Ndau culture, it is the responsibility of the elders to lead the youth by example in traditional practices and customs.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

An audience watches the film “Roma” by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón on the stairs of El Cerrito, a church in San Cristóbal de las Casas. This monthly event, titled “Cinema para la Paz,” or “Cinema for Peace,” aims to share culture in public spaces. It was hosted by the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas, Mexico

Alberto Sánchez, 5, dances alongside his father during the Carnaval Zoque Coiteco in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, a town in Mexico’s Chiapas state. This Christian Carnival celebration contains influences from the Spanish, Arabic and Zoque cultures that have been present since colonial times. Alberto and his father are members of group of dancers dressed to represent local corn farmers.

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Lusaka, Zambia

Zambian police officers remove their caps as a way to thank Stephen Kampyongo, the Minister of Home Affairs, for attending this year's Zambia Police Day commemoration. The commemoration took place in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, in the National Heroes Stadium.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Harare, Zimbabwe

An Air Tanzania airplane arrives at Zimbabwe’s Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for the first time in nearly 20 years, resuming direct flight service from the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam to Harare, Zimbabwe. The Feb. 22 flight, full of Tanzanian and Zimbabwean dignitaries, was greeted with this water cannon salute, as well as dancers.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Mexico City, Mexico

Members of a recent caravan from Central America charge their phones and electronic devices at a charging station in the Jesús Martínez "Palillo" Stadium, a temporary shelter in Mexico City. More than 200 plugs provide power for the over 2,000 migrants staying there. Government personnel guard the electronics, requiring people to unlock phones before leaving with them.

Photo by Mar García

Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico

Juanita Cruz, founder of women’s collective Tzome Ixuk Mujeres Organizadas, lights candles with Íker Antonio Cruz Hernández, 4, and Camila Saraí Méndez Cruz, 6, on the organization’s 25th anniversary in Las Margaritas, a city in Chiapas, Mexico. Tzome Ixuk defends the rights of indigenous women, as well as human rights and gender equality in their community.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Mexico City, Mexico

In Mexico City, women, who requested that their names not be used, paint each other’s faces before a protest against recent kidnapping attempts on the capital city’s subways and the high number of female homicide victims in Mexico. The demonstration was held February 2. Purple paint symbolizes their support for fighting violence against women.

Photo by Mar García

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Schoolchildren from Zamba Primary School in the city of Mutare, Zimbabwe, perform a traditional dance during a national cleanup campaign event. In 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa named the first Friday of every month a national cleanup day. Zimbabwe’s first lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, was a guest of honor at this event.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Luis Maldonado and other members of Grupo Danzante Artístico De Leones y Dragones Chinos perform a traditional Chinese dance in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a city in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The dance was performed for Chinese New Year celebrations on Feb. 5. Many members of the dance group are Mexicans of Chinese descent.

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Kampala, Uganda

At the Uganda Museum in the capital of Kampala, participants in the Kampala Color Fun Run 2019 receive colored powder to wear and throw at one another. The 5-kilometer run-walk is a family event. Different colors were thrown on the participants after each kilometer.

Photo by Beatrice Lamwaka

Harare, Zimbabwe

The Miss Culture Worldwide pageant features an introductory walk, in which contestants present their countries’ flags. The event was held at the Venue, a restaurant in Avondale, the central business district of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. The pageant, organized by Destination Marketing International, was created to promote Zimbabwean tourism, culture and history.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Kathmandu, Nepal

A dragon is painted on Mahesh Magar, 3, during a Makar Sakranti festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Makar Sakranti marks the beginning of the Nepali month Magh, which signals the return of longer and warmer days. Mahesh says he always gets a dragon painted on his face during cultural festivals.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

Sololá, Guatemala

Francisco Tun (right) shows his respect for Samuel Saloj Tuiz, a local mayor, during a ceremony in Sololá, Guatemala. At this event, as part of a 500-year-old custom, 73 outgoing mayors passed the “vara” (rod) to 73 new mayors.

Photo by Brenda Leticia Saloj Chiyal

Kampala, Uganda

Parents play with their children during the annual Shynea Uganda meeting at the Namirembe Resource Center in Kampala, Uganda. Shynea Uganda is an organization that helps children living with the medical conditions spina bifida and hydrocephalus. At the year-end meeting, parents and children discuss the ways they have managed challenges, exchange ideas and share the progress they’ve made.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

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