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Young Ambition Around the World

From the football pitch to the stage, 12 photos of young people making their place in the world.

Salin Uddin, who has been running his business for seven years, makes a pote, a type of glass bead necklace that married women traditionally wear, at his shop in Asan, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal

Venise Dorency, 18, washes dishes in her kitchen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It’s one of her daily tasks to help her family.

Anne Myriam Bolivar, GPJ Haiti

Young residents of San Francisco pick up garbage around a riverbed before the rainy season in Nayarit, Mexico.

Maya Piedra, GPJ Mexico

Suhana Thapa, left, 17, a student at HOF Model Academy, makes and sells a local food called pani puri to raise money for charity at Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Yam Kumari Kandel, GPJ Nepal

Members of dance group ZT1 rehearse K-pop choreography at Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City. They have practiced for hours every Saturday to prepare for the K-Pop Cover Dance Festival, organized by the Korean Cultural Center.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

Members of the Kitukutwe Social Academy, aged 15 to 22, train for two hours every evening on a football pitch in Kitukutwe, Wakiso district, Uganda, in hopes of joining the national team.

Apophia Agiresaasi, GPJ Uganda

Margaret N’cuba, an art teacher, makes a flowerpot using cement and diapers at Kamulanga Secondary School in Lusaka, Zambia.

Prudence Phiri, GPJ Zambia

Young people work out together on playground equipment in Parque de la China, a public park in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City. They exercise while listening to music and sharing training routines.

Aline Suárez del Real, GPJ Mexico

Biplav Chaudhary, 18, an undergraduate student who recently launched a business to sell yogurt lassi, prepares an order in Birendranagar, Surkhet district, Nepal.

Chandani Kathayat, GPJ Nepal

Marathon participants wait at the starting line at Chingunjav Square in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. The event was organized to attract tourists and promote running.

Dolgormaa Sandagdorj, GPJ Mongolia

Ryan William, center, sells samosas, doughnuts and sausages on a street corner in Harare, Zimbabwe. William says he’s struggled to find employment, so he decided to make and sell food each morning.

Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe

Young people take dance lessons from Justina Ojom at Trroy Studios in Kampala, Uganda.

Edna Namara, GPJ Uganda

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