From the June issue of National Geographic magazine: Living Goddesses of Nepal
The Kumari of Tokha, nine-year-old Dangol, became a living goddess as an infant. A kumari’s eyes are believed to draw the beholder into direct contact with the divine. For religious festivals her forehead is painted red, a sign of creative energy.Stephanie Sinclair—National Geographic
This month’s Photojournalism Links collection highlights 10 excellent photo essays from across the world, including Stephanie Sinclair’s compelling National Geographic photo essay on young Newari girls in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley who are worshipped as living goddesses.
From the June issue of National Geographic magazine: Living Goddesses of Nepal
The Kumari of Tokha, nine-year-old Dangol, became a living goddess as an infant. A kumari’s eyes are believed to draw the beholder into direct contact with the divine. For religious festivals her forehead is painted red, a sign of creative energy.Stephanie Sinclair—National GeographicThe New York Times Lens blog: Caught in Nepal’s EarthquakesResidents recover personal belongings in the rubble of their destroyed home in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 29, 2015.Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/ReduxTIME LightBox: NepalBishnu Gurung sobs after her 3-year-old daughter, Rejina Gurung, was found buried in the rubble in the village of Gumda in Gorkha district, near the epicenter of last month's Nepal earthquake, on May 8, 2015. The baby’s father is a guest worker in Malaysia.James Nachtwey for TIMEFrom the June issue of National Geographic magazine: Sins of the Aral Sea
Each of these boats used to haul in tons of fish every year. The fleet has been rusting near the former Uzbek port of Muynoq since the Aral dried up here in the 1980s.Carolyn Drake—National GeographicTIME LightBox: ‘The Corridor of Death': Along America’s Second BorderMigrants hide on the edge of sand dunes as they are surrounded by Border Patrol Agents. These migrants were avoiding the interior checkpoint located in Sarita, Texas, on Rt. 77 North to San Antonio, Feb. 2015.Kirsten Luce for TIMEFrom the June issue of National Geographic magazine: High Science
Lily Rowland receives a dose of an oil derived mainly from cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive substance in marijuana. She used to suffer hundreds of seizures with violent convulsions every day. Her family moved to Colorado, which voted to legalize marijuana in 2012, so that she could begin a daily regimen.Lynn Johnson—National GeographicThe New York Times: Disabled and Facing More Challenges in Afghanistan
Rahimullah, Hamza and Islamudding, Afghan National Army soldiers who had injuries and amputations, adjust their prosthetics between physiotherapy sessions at the International Committee of the Red Cross?s orthopedic center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2014. Bryan Denton—The New York Times/ReduxAl Jazeera America: Cambodia’s Child GroomsKhien, 17, left, and her husband Kleng, 19, at their home in Nhang Commune. They are technically not married but live together with the consent of the community. They plan to wed when they can afford the ceremony.
Adam Ferguson for Al Jazeera AmericaNBC News: Mob Attacks Suspected Militia Member in BurundiJean Claude Niyonzima, a suspected member of the ruling party's Imbonerakure youth militia, pleads with soldiers to protect him from a mob of demonstrators after he emerged from hiding in a sewer in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi on May 7, 2015. Jerome Delay—APAl Jazeera English: Gambling for a better life across the MediterraneanMigrants captured at the sea as they were attempting to reach Italy are seen inside an overcrowded cell at Zawiya detention center in Libya on May 13, 2015.Alessio Romenzi—Cesura
