Cristina Huarte, originally from Spain, poses for a photo dressed as her art installation, “Aleteo Negro (Black Flutter),” at the end of her residency at Galería MUY in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Sathasivam Thevarasa waits for passengers on his horse-drawn carriage in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Due to a fuel crisis in the country, Thevarasa offers short-distance rides, around 500 meters (about a quarter of a mile), free of charge on weekdays.

Sheik Gadafi Tumwebaze builds a roof on a house in Kiwanga, Mukono, Uganda. Tumwebaze says there’s not much work in the building industry, as many have put projects on hold, hoping that the price of materials will drop.

Oyun-Erdene Chimeddorj, 17, transcribes the second chapter of the heroic epic Jangar with a brush pen on a silk scroll in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Oyun-Erdene, who started calligraphy when she was 13, converted the epic from Cyrillic into traditional Mongolian script with the help of her teacher.

Eliya Muhindo Ndekivuya, left, and his wife, Kavira Vyerire, weave mats from raffia fibers in Kikimba, Kirumba, Democratic Republic of Congo. Raffia mats, which traditionally line caskets, have increased in demand because of a high mortality rate in the region.

Ona Concilio, center, wearing a picazuro pigeon mask, marches with members of the environmental organization Isla Verde (Green Island) to advocate for the sanction of the Ley de Humedales (Wetland Law) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “[We are marching] in defense of the natural spaces that still enable the preservation of biodiversity,” Concilio says.

A performer wearing a tiger mask, center, dances after participating in the Battle of the Tigers in the main square in Zitlala, Guerrero, Mexico. The ceremony is part of an ancestral ritual to ask for rain and a successful harvest.