In Central Havana, a schoolboy walks past a street filled with piles of uncollected garbage, some of it still burning along the curb. With fuel shortages crippling municipal services, trash collect (...)
Young performers from the Compañía Cirabana circus train inside a deteriorating former theater in central Havana. The group, made up of children and teenagers from at-risk families, rehearses acrob (...)
A caregiver assists an elderly resident during a meal inside the Santovenia convent in Havana, where older adults receive daily care and support. As shortages of food, medicine, and basic services (...)
A barber cuts a client’s hair inside a small barbershop in Viñales, Cuba. American tourism was once a key source of income for the community, a town long shaped by visitors drawn to its surrounding (...)
Pepe Alfonso rests in a hallway of his home in Cuajaní after a day in the field.
In parts of the Cuban countryside, limited access to fuel, transport, and modern infrastructure continues to shape (...)
Television screens display archival footage of Fidel Castro delivering speeches at the Fidel Castro Ruz Center in Havana, where moments from his decades-long leadership are preserved and presented (...)
Cuban national athletes train inside a gym at the Estadio Panamericano, where aging equipment and worn out interiors reflect years of limited resources and maintenance.
Built for the 1991 Pan Ame (...)
Residents take part in a Viernes Santo (Good Friday) procession through the streets of Matanzas, carrying a large wooden cross as they move through neighborhoods marked by aging buildings and visib (...)
Young dancers wait backstage before a street performance in Old Havana.
In a country marked by mounting economic hardship, cultural expression remains a vital outlet, particularly for younger gene (...)
Hanel Hernández Torres (right) prepares a meal in her home in Matanzas as her son, Kyliam, sits on the staircase nearby.
With cooking oil often unavailable or prohibitively expensive, many familie (...)
Residents gather along a street in Matanzas, Cuba, during a Good Friday procession. In recent years, public religious observance has become more visible across Cuba, offering a space for collective (...)
A billboard depicting revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara stands along a road in Varadero, Cuba. Long associated with Cuba’s political identity and historical narrative, Che’s image remains (...)
Children gather along a quiet street in Cárdenas, Cuba, playing and lingering in the shade of weathered buildings. In towns like Cárdenas, where economic hardship and emigration have reshaped dail (...)
Schoolchildren and local residents gather beneath the shade of trees in Varadero, Cuba, as they prepare for an outdoor performance, raising a Cuban flag while a young musician tunes his guitar near (...)
A man stands on a balcony under a single bulb, in a neighborhood in Havana sitting largely in darkness during a nighttime blackout.
Amid a deepening energy crisis fueled by severe shortages, aging (...)
Hilda Rosario Rodríguez, 77, sits inside her one-room apartment in Matanzas, where she lives alone and depends on help from neighbors to get through daily life. The small living space has stained w (...)
