Communities around the world celebrate with music.
Couples dance to salsa music in Transparencia Plaza in Mexico City.
Mar García,
GPJ
Mexico
Bayanmunkh Odgarig, left, 14, and Shinekhuu Sukhbaatar, 14, rehearse morin khuur, or horsehead fiddle, backstage at a festival in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia.
Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu,
GPJ
Mongolia
From left, Ponnuthurai Mayavan, Kirushnakumar Mohan and Tharmarajah Vijayarasa play traditional musical instruments at a food festival in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Vijayatharsiny Thinesh,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Members of Banda La Parralense perform at the Samalayuca dunes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Lilette A. Contreras,
GPJ
Mexico
Lino Piloto assembles a marimba for teaching and performing in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
Evidence Chenjerai,
GPJ
Zimbabwe
Frente Cumbiero, a band from Colombia, performs at a public plaza in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico.
Maya Piedra,
GPJ
Mexico
Tilak Sunar, left, and Arjun Baraili perform at a bar in Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal.
Chandani Kathayat,
GPJ
Nepal
From left, Domingo Linares, Misael Rodríguez and Rogelio Hernández, members of La Marimba de Jaltenango La Paz, perform for a living in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Adriana Alcázar González,
GPJ
Mexico
Eugenia Martín makes a Lakota drum, a shamanic instrument used for healing, at Boedo Workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lucila Pellettieri,
GPJ
Argentina
Joackim Hansumbo tries out a traditional drum he has made in Lusaka, Zambia.
Prudence Phiri,
GPJ
Zambia
Newari people sing to Red Machhindranath, god of rain, to ask for the blessing of enough food in Lalitpur district, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Yam Kumari Kandel,
GPJ
Nepal
Kamate Malili makes drums at his modern instrument workshop in Kirumba, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Merveille Kavira Luneghe,
GPJ
Democratic Republic of Congo
Mexican singer-songwriter Vivir Quintana, who wrote “Canción Sin Miedo,” a popular anthem for the women’s movement, performs in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Marissa Revilla,
GPJ
Mexico
Budha Rai Murmu, right, and his friends relax after performing at a festival in Surunga, Kankai municipality, Nepal.
Mayamitu Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
Students play the morin khuur, also known as horsehead fiddle, at an art and sports festival in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia.
Odonchimeg Batsukh,
GPJ
Mongolia
Aisha Namwanje, left, and Nakanywagi Amina perform the Kiganda, a traditional dance, at an annual birthday run for the king of Buganda, in Lubiri, Kampala, Uganda.
Nakisanze Segawa,
GPJ
Uganda
Independent musician Jack Clemente, who performs in bars and cafes while he produces his album, plays guitar in Tonanitla, State of Mexico.
Aline Suárez del Real,
GPJ
Mexico
Temuulen Namkhainyambuu, 15, tunes her morin khuur, also known as a horsehead fiddle, in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia.
Khorloo Khukhnokhoi,
GPJ
Mongolia
Mona Viléus helps her son, Noah, 5, practice recorder at their home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Anne Myriam Bolivar,
GPJ
Haiti
Newari men play flutes during Biska Jatra, which is celebrated to mark the new year on the Bikram Sambat calendar, in Bhaktapur, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Sunita Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
Isaí Guzmán plays a 17th-century organ, which was restored in 2000, at Basílica de la Soledad in Oaxaca, Mexico.