2010, AFGHANISTAN | Women share a meal of flatbread, meats, and fruit in the Women’s Garden, where they can socialise freely, outside of Bamyan, Afghanistan.
Photograph by Lynsey Addario2002 , INDIA | In India, a family of debt labourers stack and haul bricks to pay off loans. Ballooned by interest, these debts can last for generations.
Photograph by Jodi Cobb2017, UGANDA | Irene Sonia poses in front of a milaya, or bedsheet—one of the few things her mother managed to bring when they fled South Sudan for Uganda.
Photograph by Nora Lorek2007, TONGA Fuatapu Halangahu practices martial arts with other members of the Tonga Defense Services. The Polynesian island kingdom began admitting women to the forces in 1979.
Photograph by Amy Toensing2016, MASSACHUSETTS | Twins Caleb (left) and Emmie Smith looked a lot alike when they were born in 1998. At 17, Emmie came out as transgender and soon after underwent gender-confirmation surgery.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson2018, IRAN | Masoumeh Ahmadi, 14, holds her mother’s shotgun. Often a woman receives a firearm after she marries, or as a gift from her husband after giving birth to their first son.
Photograph by Newsha Tavakolian2016, KENYA | The desire to teach their children about computers drew Samburu women to a classroom north of Nairobi. They’re learning to use tablets preloaded with educational programs.
Photograph by Ciril Jazbec2017, GEORGIA | Nanmanian Camara, an aspiring dentist, celebrates with her aunt, Mamata Soumah (left), and mother, Tenin Kaba, at Spelman College, America’s top-rated historically black college.
Photograph by Nina Robinson