Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Rolando Ovilla arranges flowers for the Festival Maya Zoque Chiapaneca in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Ovilla says the bouquets are for celebrating health and expressing gratitude.

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Nemekhnyam Buyantogtokh peels off the stencil of a book title at a literacy center in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia. The province’s Artist Association and Book Center built a free library, open to everyone, to encourage reading.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Kiwanga, Mukono district, Uganda

Olivia Musoke weaves mats to sell in Kiwanga, Mukono district, Uganda. The popular palm-leaf mats are eco-friendly and compostable.

Photo by Beatrice Lamwaka

Cheddikulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Muthu Velumani adjusts his field’s boundaries in Cheddikulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Due to the monsoon in the northern part of the country, he had to reconstruct his paddy before he could sow the field.

Photo by Thayalini Indrakularasa

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Krishna Shyam Prajapati makes clay lamps for the Tihar festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. During the five-day Hindu festival, people decorate their homes, shops and offices, and light the lamps to welcome Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico

Norma Contreras, left, cuts Fernando Flores’ hair during a campaign to donate hair to cancer patients in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico. Flores says he grew his hair for more than two years because he believes donating it is better than just cutting it.

Photo by Avigaí Silva

Kamwokya, Kampala District, Uganda

Josephine Nakafeero, a creative designer, paints a tire to make a chair in Kamwokya, Kampala District, Uganda. Nakafeero advocates for the environment by making eco-friendly, sustainable products and upcycling tires into decorations such as pouf seats and wall planters.

Photo by Beatrice Lamwaka

Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia

Gansukh Sharav marks measurements on a horn to craft a traditional composite bow, made from cow horns and cattle tendon, in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. Gansukh says his goal is to train as many people as possible and pass archery, a national sport, on to the next generation.

Photo by Dolgormaa Sandagdorj

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Juana Méndez gives Patricia Maza a flu shot at a mobile vaccination unit in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. “I come every year to get the flu vaccine, and since the COVID-19 pandemic started, I’ve been thinking it’s essential for me to come and get the vaccine,” Maza says. “Imagine it now with the cold weather. I can’t get sick with the flu and COVID-19. That would be a very risky situation.”

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Sarita Lama shades a thanka, a Tibetan painting, before adding 24-karat gold in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Five artists will work on this painting for about seven months using natural pigments, made from plants and stones, which last for centuries.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda

Artist Bob Wanyama paints a motorcycle for a client in Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda. Wanyama says custom-painted transportation isn’t common, and it gives drivers unique personal flair in Uganda.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Aguacatenango, Chiapas, Mexico

Alberta López Bautista, center, lights a candle to honor a late companion at a women’s meeting in Aguacatenango, Chiapas, Mexico. Indigenous women and members of the Center for Women’s Rights gathered to exchange ideas and experiences.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Adampan, Mannar, Sri Lanka

Rawuthar Kowpath Umma harvests peanuts in Adampan, Mannar district, Sri Lanka. Locals can often find work in landowners’ fields during the harvest season.

Photo by Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Mónica Martínez, who moved from Mexico when she was 12, and her 1-year-old daughter, Emma Escobedo-Martínez, do educational activities in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Photo by Ena Aguilar Peláez

Kodikamam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sinnathamby Sinnapillai, left, and Paramanandar Vallikodi weave coconut leaves to fence their house in Kodikamam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. In rural areas, where cement walls are hard to find, residents will often replace their coconut leaf fences twice a year.

Photo by Vijayatharsiny Thinesh

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Godfrey Chicago Mudariki welds a part while repairing a motorcycle at his workshop in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Photo by Evidence Chenjerai

Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Arturo, a blue macaw, lives at the wild animal refuge Güirá Oga (“house of birds” in the Guaraní language) in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Arturo was rescued from smugglers and became a permanent resident at the shelter, which rehabilitates animals and breeds endangered species with the aim of reintroducing them into the wild.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Lusaka, Zambia

Berril Mwango, an artist, displays a zebra artwork along Thabo Mbeki Road in Lusaka, Zambia. “We had literally closed down on business during the peak of the coronavirus, but I used that time to think of new artistic work, and it is paying off,” Mwango says. “Now, we have business, and our artwork is selling like never before.”

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Aguada, Puerto Rico

Kelvin Mercado carves figures and characters into white plaster at Plaza Cruz de Colón in Aguada, Puerto Rico. Every Saturday, artists exhibit their products in the plaza as part of the town’s effort to attract tourism and boost its economy.

Photo by Coraly Cruz Mejías

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

A hundred people walk along with cyclists to read a statement at the municipal palace in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The protest was organized after the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) warned that Chiapas was on the verge of civil war due to government inaction.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Chapal Kharkana, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sandeep Bhandari visits houses to conduct COVID-19 tests in Chapal Kharkana, Kathmandu, Nepal. He says during the second coronavirus wave he conducted at least 50 tests a day, four to five times more than usual.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Lusaka, Zambia

Janet Mwanza, a wedding planner, ties artificial flowers to decorate at a wedding celebration that had been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Acatempa, Tixtla de Guerrero, Mexico

Dancers perform the Tlacololeros, a traditional dance that represents farmers who hunt a dangerous jaguar, at a cultural community event in Acatempa, Tixtla de Guerrero, Mexico.

Photo by Avigaí Silva

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Norberto Gradilone, 72, plays tango on the bandoneon at the Centro Cultural de los Artistas (Artist Cultural Center) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Sometimes the songs get me lost in my childhood. They transport me,” Gradilone says. “And that is what I want to communicate to the people.”

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

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Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Kiwanga, Mukono district, Uganda

Cheddikulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico

Kamwokya, Kampala District, Uganda

Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda

Aguacatenango, Chiapas, Mexico

Adampan, Mannar, Sri Lanka

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Kodikamam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Mutare, Zimbabwe

Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Lusaka, Zambia

Aguada, Puerto Rico

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Chapal Kharkana, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lusaka, Zambia

Acatempa, Tixtla de Guerrero, Mexico

Buenos Aires, Argentina