Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Karamoja, Uganda

Namoya Nokad, 19, poses in jewelry worn in a traditional style on his upper arm in Uganda’s northern Karamoja region. The style sets him apart as elegant and makes him noticeable, he says.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Lusaka, Zambia

Selina Tembo, a spiritual healer, cuts wild plants to use as traditional medicines in Lusaka, Zambia. Traditional herbs are popular among Zambians, despite a wave of Christianity that discourages their use. Tembo says she tries to connect with spirits as she searches for treatments, and that her white robe signifies purity of the spirit.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Patrick Mabhena recites a poem in the Ndebele language during the Intwasa Arts Festival, an annual event held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe that showcases local youth talent.

Photo by Fortune Moyo

Masaka, Uganda

Mayito Patrick, a sculptor, paints a finished sculpture of a goose at his workshop in Masaka, a city in southern Uganda. He displays work at the space, called Richiex Art Gallery, on a stage known as the Welcome Stage.

Photo by Edna Namara

Harare, Zimbabwe

George Choto weaves a chair at a shopping center in Harare, Zimbabwe. He and his colleagues sell woven chair sets for 1320 Zimbabwean dollars (around $121). Choto says business has been slow because of the current economic situation, but he and his colleagues keep pushing because it is their only source of livelihood.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Julie Mombi lies on the exam bed while nurse Jucain Malisawa inserts a birth control implant in her upper arm at Tropical health center located 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Malisawa is part of an international organization called DKT, which provides family planning methods in clinics in several cities in DRC.

Photo by Zita Amwanga

Kampala, Uganda

Young schoolgirls put together a puzzle of various types of vehicles in Kampala, Uganda. They live together in the same neighborhood, Ntinda, and often play games like this together. The girls say that the next puzzle they intend to put together will feature wild animals.

Photo by Apophia Agiresaasi

Harare, Zimbabwe

Constance Mharapara (front) and Asumta Mudanga (left) sing at Sunday mass at the Lady of the Wayside Parish in Harare, Zimbabwe. The voices of the choir, combined with drums beats and rattles, fill the church with a melodious vibe. Sunday worship here is led by a different choir each week.

Photo by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Lusaka, Zambia

Patrick Chikoloma, a member of the Circus Zambia group, breathes fire for a group of excited children at the Lusaka Showgrounds in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tatenda Chabarwa performs in the play ‘Shhhh’ at the Reps Theater in Harare, Zimbabwe. He wrote the play to highlight how hard it can be to speak up about all sorts of sensitive issues.

Photo by Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Lusaka, Zambia

Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, former archbishop for Lusaka Diocese, anoints worshippers with the cross to bless them after an ordination mass in Lusaka, Zambia.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kampala, Uganda

In an attempt to hide their goods from police and city officials, vendors throw merchandise into the Nakivubo River in Kampala, Uganda. Since street vending is illegal here, shopkeepers say it’s the only way to save their businesses from being confiscated.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Jimu, 17, carefully threads a wire through beads to make an animal doll. He learned to make dolls like this from a relative, and now sells them from his stall at a market in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also makes key rings and Christmas decorations.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Lusaka, Zambia

Rosalia Phiri holds her nine-month-old baby Joshua as he receives a measles vaccine at a clinic set up at the Shine charity in Lusaka, Zambia. Every six months, government health workers go around communities here, immunizing eligible children and providing other health services.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kyadondo, Wakiso District, Uganda

Yassin Kakooza, 21, fries tilapia in a mix of cassava flour at his stall in Kyadondo, a county in Uganda’s Wakiso district. He says that this method preserves the flavor and removes the smell of burnt oil, making the fish more appealing to customers and increasing his sales.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Harare, Zimbabwe

Anywhere Shoko, 13 (left), and Aleck Majamanda, 6, fly kites in the morning before they leave for school in Harare, Zimbabwe. They make the kites themselves, using plastic and grass straws to give them a firm shape.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Kampala, Uganda

Salongo Kasasa Ronald uses a type of machete known locally as a panga to carve wooden cooking spoons in different sizes at his shop in Kampala, Uganda. This one, the largest his store offers, costs between 10,000 to 15,000 Ugandan shillings ($2.70 to $5).

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Harare, Zimbabwe

McDonald Garaidenga trains with a boxing club at the Stodart Club Room in Harare, Zimbabwe. Classes here are provided free of charge, one of the reasons why Garaidenga says he has trained here for over a year.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Lusaka, Zambia

Patson Sakala, an audiology technician, conducts an ear check-up on an apprehensive child at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The Beit CURE Hospital, where Sakala works, offers free community ear check-ups in different communities around the city every week.

Photo by Prudence Phiri

Kampala, Uganda

Kasasa Malcom, 7, stares intently at a rhino skull on display at the Buganda Tourism Expo in Kampala, Uganda. The exhibit was part of the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre’s table at the event, which takes place annually to showcase the country’s cultural and natural diversity.

Photo by Nakisanze Segawa

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tafadzwa Rusambo (front) and Domic Sirika gather juice cans that they spread out on a tarred road for trucks to run over and flatten in Harare, Zimbabwe. The two sell the flattened cans to recycling companies in South Africa for a living.

Photo by Linda Mujuru

Jinja, Uganda

Weriike Sam, 37 (white shirt), and Agwole Jeremiah, 13 (blue shirt), pluck feathers from a duck that they plan to cook for lunch in Jinja, Uganda, as neighborhood children look on excitedly.

Photo by Edna Namara

Kampala, Uganda

Solomon Mubiru shows off his skateboarding skills at the 2019 Afri-Cans street art festival in Kampala, Uganda.

Photo by Patricia Lindrio

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Veronique Omba secures the day’s catch of “ngolo,” or snake catfish, from the Congo River in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. For the last 14 years, Omba has woken up every day at 5 a.m. to catch fish, which she sells to provide for her family.

Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

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Masaka, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Kyadondo, Wakiso District, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Kampala, Uganda

Harare, Zimbabwe

Lusaka, Zambia

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Harare, Zimbabwe

Jinja, Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo