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A woman displays a colorful carrier made with cane wood at Nigeria's largest cane 'village' at Mende in the Maryland District of Lagos. Cane craft in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is thriving amidst an economic downturn which has affected small scale businesses and people's earnings. At the village, dozens of people, including family members and the unemployed are engaged in weaving different household items like tables, baskets, wine carriers, flower pots with cane wood sourced from the swampy Niger Delta region. Lagos, Nigeria. Credits: Emmanuel Osodi/Majority World
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Portraits of People from the Bushmen Naro Tribe. Botswana is home to approximately 63,500 San people, which is roughly 2.8% of the country's population, making it the country with the highest population of San people. The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer groups that are the first nations of Southern Africa. Botswana. Credits: Letso Leipego/Majority World
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A woman tends to jute plants in Northern Bangladesh. Eighty percent of the world's high quality jute grows in Bangladesh. Jute is used in making cloth, shawl, ropes, carpet backing cloth, gunny bags and many other useful things. Jute bags are very suitable for packing of food grains. Bangladesh earns lots of foreign currency by exporting jute and jute products to foreign countries. Bangladesh. Credits: Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World
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Artifacts at a museum. Illustration of tourism and daily life in Greater Paris. France. Credits: Martin Bertrand/Majority World
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Pond Heron finds convenient perch on water buffalo horn, Jith Wila, Uda Walawe National Park. Sri Lanka. Credits: Rohan Wijesinha/Majority World
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Palestinian families in the village of Um Al-Naser in northern Gaza are suffering from a shortage of water. They have to travel a long distance to get water from a well. This area is considered very poor, lacking basic human necessities such as sanitation and safe living conditions, as most of their houses are made of sheet metal. Gaza City, Palestine. Credits: Mohammed Al-Zanoun/Majority World
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A fisherman seated on his canoe that is powered by a plastic sail on Lake Malawi, Senga Bay. Many people around the lake earn their livelihoods from fishing. Malawi. Credits: Angela Jimu/Majority World
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Pedestrians walk on a rainbow runway in front of Siam Center in Bangkok. Lawmakers in Thailand gave initial approval to legalizing same-sex unions, a step closer towards becoming the second territory in Asia to legalize same-gender marriages. Thailand. Credits: Basilio Sepe/Majority World
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Portrait of a Indian female. Chatt is the holiest Hindu festival of people in Bihar and Jharkh and the state in India and extends to four days. During the thanksgiving celebrations of Chatt Puja, people gather on the banks of the River Ganges to bathe in its sacred water, pray and make ritual offerings to the Sun God. In Hinduism, sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and helps ensure the longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders. Chatt Puja is a highly elaborate festival noted for its impressive display of colorful costumes, music, singing and extravagant rituals. Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Credits: Prasanta Biswas/Majority World
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The Palestinian Civil Defense is trying to get a Palestinian child out of the rubble of his house, which was destroyed by Israeli planes in Khanounes, southern Gaza Strip. Palestine. Credits: Mohammed Al-Zanoun/Majority World
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Aerial view of farmers collecting Water Lilies while crossing the river on a boat in Satla Union, Satla is a village in Uzirpur upazila of Barisal city in Bangladesh. It is known as the capital of Water lilies. Water lilies are cultivated in about 10,000 acres of wetlands of this village called Uttar Satla. 80% of the village people are involved in Water lilies cultivation and supply water lilies to different parts of the country.The water lilies grow for four months, starting from August till November. Barisal, Bangladesh. Credits: Muhammad Amdad Hossain/Majority World
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Padma's Ilish (the Hilsha of River Padma), is the ultimate in fish for the connoisseur. The sail boats are fast disappearing, as is a way of life. Credits: Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World
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Katu-Yaryk Pass, one of the scariest roads in the world. Russia. Credits: Kushamanov Didar/Majority World
Equality of access to global markets. Changing perceptions, changing lives. Something to see, something to say. Compelling stories, locally sourced. Unseen imagery from emerging photographers. Intimacy and insight, the insider's perspective.
Equality of access to global markets. Changing perceptions, changing lives. Something to see, something to say. Compelling stories, locally sourced. Unseen imagery from emerging photographers. Intimacy and insight, the insider's perspective.