Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Outside the Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Lorea De Arza Pochylak celebrates with family and friends after passing her last test at this medical school. It is a tradition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for loved ones to throw flour, paint, oil, cider, carnival foam, and eggs on someone who has completed a college degree.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Mexico City, Mexico

Laborers from the Agencia de Gestión Urbana, a public-works agency, prepare Christmas decorations for the facades of buildings in the Plaza de la Constitución, the main public square in Mexico City. This year, about 15,000 meters (nearly 50,000 feet) of clear rope lights and 4,000 LED lamps will be displayed, says Fernando Cervantes, one of the designers.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Kampala, Uganda

A member of United Acrobats performs during the MTN at 20 Futuristic Expo, at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kololo, a neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda. The event, organized by the telecom company MTN Uganda, commemorated the firm’s 20th anniversary, with the theme “Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future.”

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

Patience Muchena, 10, hangs a card with her feelings and aspirations on a clothesline in Chitungwiza, a city about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Harare, Zimbabwe. The organization Magamba Network, which focuses on youth activism and culture, created the concept to promote peace after the violence that followed July elections.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Perrotón 2018, or Dogathon 2018, took place on September 30 at El Cerrito, a hill in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. Marimba (from left), Canela, Dobi and Tuti were up for adoption. The event featured an adoption fair, a catwalk for adoptable dogs, a short obstacle course, vaccinations against rabies, free dewormings and exhibitions by trained canines.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

Kathmandu, Nepal

A member of the Newar community in Kathmandu, Nepal, performs a Lakhe dance during the weeklong Indra Jatra festival, which celebrates Indra, the Hindu god of rain. A Lakhe is a demon in Nepalese folklore.

Photo by Kalpana Khanal

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

Entebbe, Uganda

Ampwera Delbert talks with security guards who inquire whether he needs help with his luggage after his arrival at the Nakiwogo dock in Entebbe, Uganda. Delbert, who studies ethics and human rights at Makerere University in Kampala, was coming from Bugala Island, Kalangala district, where he completed an internship with the Uganda Red Cross Society’s Kalangala branch.

Photo by Edna Namara

Harare, Zimbabwe

The ZCC Police Band kicked off the first Zimbabwe Peace Festival, in Harare on July 27. The event was created to pray for political tolerance and peace in the run-up to the July 30 general elections. Previous elections in Zimbabwe have been marred by widespread violence and accusations of corruption, so many Zimbabweans hope Monday's vote will be the first fair elections in more than a generation.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Ayesha Rana takes a picture with her phone of the “mehendi,” or henna, being applied to her hand by Santosh Kumar on New Road in Kathmandu, Nepal. Mehendi artists such as Kumar, who charge 100 Nepalese rupees (90 cents) for a simple design, are a common sight on the busy New Road during the Nepali month of Shrawan, which began on July 17. Married women get mehendi to ensure the long lives of their husbands, and unmarried women do it to get a good husband in the future.

Photo by Shilu Manandhar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Catalina Tomás entertains the crowd during a protest against a proposed law that would fine street performers such as her for making “annoying noises” in public spaces in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The proposal, by the city government, would allow people to anonymously complain to the police about noise made by musicians and other performers.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Edward Ap Iwan, a guard and clerk for Asociación Amigos del Tranvía, which works to preserve, restore and reinstall historical tram and subway cars, tells visitors about the history of the tramway in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. Tours are offered on weekends and holidays.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Mexico City, Mexico

The performer Payaso Kachito sells balloons made in the image of recently elected Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City’s Zócalo, the capital’s historic main square, on election night, July 1. At a rally celebrating the win, Payaso Kachito sold balloons for 70 pesos ($3.50) each. In a landslide victory Sunday night, López Obrador became Mexico’s first leftist candidate to win the presidency.

Photo by Mayela Sánchez

Ignacio, Colorado

Nana Manson, of Blue Gap, Arizona, and her granddaughter WynterRose McReeves, of Tohatchi, New Mexico, wait with other dancers for the grand entry, before the start of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Powwow and Bear Dance in Ignacio, Colorado. Native American dancers from all over the United States come together every year to dance into the powwow together.

Photo by Crystal Ashike

Shiprock, New Mexico, United States

Runner Daniel Joe relaxes at a massage tent during the 2018 Shiprock Marathon, an annual event in Shiprock, New Mexico, in which more than 2,000 people participated. The marathon, which took place May 4-5, is the biggest in the Navajo Parks Race Series, which showcases the beauty of the "Diné Bikéyah," or Navajo Land.

Photo by Crystal Ashike

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

A crowd in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, gathers around a “gaguère,” the Haitian term for a cockfighting arena, to watch and place bets. Cockfighting, which is legal in Haiti, is a popular traditional pastime found in almost every region of the country.

Photo by Anne Myriam Bolivar

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Emilio Gómez Osuna and his puppet Puerqui, a pig in a wheelchair who promotes diversity, performed songs with their musical group, Los Fabulosos Batracios, during the XXXIII Festival Gastronómico, or 33rd Gastronomic Festival, on April 7 in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. In programs for younger audiences, this group, whose puppets also include toads and frogs, promotes friendship and environmentalism while discouraging bullying and sexual harassment.

Photo by Marissa Revilla

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

Arturo Cancino, 12, showcases his skills in jaripeo, Mexico’s brand of rodeo, on April 1 during a parade in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state. This parade marks the beginning of the 150th anniversary of the city’s annual Feria de la Primavera y la Paz, a weeklong fair that begins every year on Easter Sunday and that celebrates spring and peace.

Photo by Adriana Alcázar González

Gisenyi, Rubavu District, Rwanda

Children and young adults from various youth associations gather around a cache of confiscated drugs about to be burned by police and local officials in the city of Gisenyi in Rwanda's Rubavu District. The event was held to warn the young people against drug abuse. The drugs had been confiscated during arrests.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Buenos Aires, Argentina

At an International Women's Day rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Malena D'Alessio (right) rapped about women's rights and overthrowing a patriarchal system. On March 8, this crowd gathered in front of the National Congress building. Thousands of demonstrators marched in the capital, calling for equality and justice, while similar events took place worldwide with a sense of renewed urgency and focused activism.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Rubavu District, Rwanda

Residents of Rwanda's Rubavu district participated in its first Car-Free Day on Jan. 28. The event included sports, jogging and other exercise as well as health checkups. The event aims to encourage participants in key areas of the city of Gisenyi to avoid using cars on weekends and instead to get involved in exercise or sports.

Photo by Janviere Uwimana

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

During door-to-door visits in the Entumbane suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Juliet Rusafeti (left) explains to Jane Mlambo how to fill out a proof-of-residence form needed for the biometric voter-registration process. The biometric system, launched in the nation in September, stores a person's fingerprints and facial image on a computer for positive identification on election day. Rusafeti belongs to National Youth Development Trust, an organization working with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to encourage Entumbane residents to register to vote. The government extended the deadline for registration from Dec. 20 to Feb. 8.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Buenos Aires, Argentina

From left: Bárbara Cruz, 14; Ana Copa; and her daughter Candela, 3, paint LEDs at the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art during a workshop called "I Want My Flag Bright," organized by Espacio Nixso, an artists' collective that holds free workshops on art and technology for children. At this session, the kids learned how to create LED flags and their electrical connections.

Photo by Lucila Pellettieri

Goma, North Kivu, DRC

A traffic robot directs vehicles at the most dangerous intersection in Goma, the capital of Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The city is testing the robot at the Instigo roundabout, where traffic volume is high, in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents. The device was engineered by Thérèse Kirongozi, a former student at the Institut Supérieur des Techniques Appliquées-Kinshasa, an institute for technical studies in the capital, Kinshasa.

Photo by Mariam Aboubakar Esperance

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