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Photos of the Week: May 22, 2022
Martial arts in Argentina; a metalworker in Sri Lanka; natural irrigation in Zimbabwe; and more.
Adriana Santiago Ortíz, an elementary school teacher, frees monarch butterflies from a net during a festival to celebrate the arrival of spring at The W School in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Santiago Ortíz breeds butterflies to teach her students about metamorphosis.
Coraly Cruz Mejías,
GPJ
Puerto Rico
From left, Cuauhtémoc López, Alejo Taloca, Lorenzo López and Salvador Candelario Carrillo, members of the band Neiwana, give a free concert in a public square in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The band members sing about Wixaritari culture in their native language. “I would be singing every day,” Lorenzo López says. “I wish there were more cultural spaces in the city.”
Maya Piedra,
GPJ
Mexico
Sabarathinam Thevarasa forges a knife at his metal workshop in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Thevarasa, who has 50 years of experience, says he is happy to be self-employed at his age.
Thayalini Indrakularasa,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Daira López and other members of Color Guard Espíritu de Fuego dance with flags at an event organized by the Municipal Institute of Art and Culture of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico.
Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez,
GPJ
Mexico
Munkhbat Sambuu, an employee in Arkhangai province’s urban landscaping department, stands next to a bridge at a park in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Road maintenance personnel will elevate the bridge and build dams to prevent flooding from melting ice and snow.
Odonchimeg Batsukh,
GPJ
Mongolia
Héctor Avedaño, far left, instructs, from left, Nahuel Deleva, Diana Gómez and Iara Bustamante in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Avedaño, who started teaching taekwondo outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic, now offers lessons both indoors and at parks.
Lucila Pellettieri,
GPJ
Argentina
Emmanuel Chabarwa siphons water from an irrigation canal to water his maize field in Buhera, Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Chabarwa says irrigating crops with river water has helped him and other community members farm year-round.
Evidence Chenjerai,
GPJ
Zimbabwe
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