Fungi in Mexico; a lion in Zimbabwe; memorial in Mexico; and more.
Arumugam Selvam prepares a shrimp net for the next day’s catch in Karainagar, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Selvam, who has been fishing since he was 16, says the family business will not continue after his death since his children have left the industry.
Vijayatharsiny Thinesh,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Jesús Azaid Piña López, a biologist and fellow in the Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (Youth Building the Future) program, checks bags of fungi at a laboratory in Puebla, Mexico. Mushrooms are isolated in a special environment to promote the growth of protected strains.
Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez,
GPJ
Mexico
Dingane, 9, stands in his enclosure at Chinhoyi Caves Recreational Park in Zimbabwe. Dingane’s feeding times have been a popular tourist attraction since he was brought to the park in 2018.
Kudzai Mazvarirwofa,
GPJ
Zimbabwe
Julieta López Velázquez, left, and Óscar Takeshi López Moreno, right, light candles to commemorate their father, journalist Fredy López Arévalo, in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. He was shot and killed outside his home in 2021.
Marissa Revilla,
GPJ
Mexico
Erdenesuvd Munkhbat teaches Oyunbat Temuulel, 6, a finger-based counting method at Mongolian Intellectual Academy in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. At the academy, children aged 4 to 10 learn to quickly add or subtract multiple numbers without a calculator.
Dolgormaa Sandagdorj,
GPJ
Mongolia
Abel López sells balloons at the Plaza de la Independencia in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. López, an authorized seller, understands that plenty of people dislike street vendors but says they’re just trying to make a living.
Aline Suárez del Real,
GPJ
Mexico
Tonderai Nidza rinses a car in Ruwa, Harare, Zimbabwe. The car wash aims to conserve water amid a local shortage.