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• Grace Nambasa

  School meal coordinator. Kampala, Uganda. Telling exaggerated stories over evening tea.

• Isaac Okello

  Community bicycle mechanic. Gulu, Uganda. Designing imaginary racing jerseys.

• Claudine Uwase

  Textile cooperative manager. Kigali, Rwanda. Keeping an illustrated recipe notebook.

• Emmanuel Ndayisaba

  Library assistant and student. Huye, Rwanda. Writing comic footnotes in his own notebooks.

• Kwame Boateng

  Furniture workshop owner. Kumasi, Ghana. Collecting badly translated instruction manuals.

• Akosua Mensah

  Independent journalist. Accra, Ghana. Learning elaborate skipping-rope routines.

• Chinwe Eze

  Laboratory technician. Enugu, Nigeria. Making paper sculptures with her children.

• Tunde Adeyemi

  Mobile phone repairer. Ibadan, Nigeria. Making rhythmic tracks from everyday sounds.

• Fatou Diop

  Retired teacher and community gardener. Saint-Louis, Senegal. Listening to evening radio dramas.

• Mamadou Ba

  Urban bus mechanic. Dakar, Senegal. Playing strategy games with cousins.

• Aïcha Traoré

  Community radio technician. Bamako, Mali. Recording rain on different roofs.

• Abdoulaye Koné

  Metalworker. Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Making miniature chairs from scrap.

• Estelle Kouamé

  Public transport researcher. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Photographing unusual bus-stop benches.

• Serge Mbala

  Cold-store operations manager. Douala, Cameroon. Playing draughts in the courtyard.

• Chantal Mukendi

  Community legal administrator. Lubumbashi, DR Congo. Making colourful woven bracelets.

• Aimé Nsimba

  Graphic design apprentice. Kinshasa, DR Congo. Inventing imaginary album covers.

• Thandiwe Dlamini

  Housing advice worker. Durban, South Africa. Singing along to old soul records.

• Pieter van Wyk

  Vehicle parts remanufacturer. Gqeberha, South Africa. Restoring battered acoustic guitars.

• Naledi Molefe

  Junior water engineer. Gaborone, Botswana. Making tiny illustrated maps for friends.

• Kabelo Motsumi

  Retired railway clerk. Francistown, Botswana. Practising card tricks for neighbours.

• Selma Amutenya

  School facilities manager. Windhoek, Namibia. Growing herbs in painted containers.

• Lazarus Shikongo

  Marine equipment technician. Walvis Bay, Namibia. Flying homemade kites on quiet evenings.

• Misozi Banda

  Market cooperative secretary. Lusaka, Zambia. Writing comic poems about daily mishaps.

• Tapiwa Moyo

  Independent electrician. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Making elaborate breakfast omelettes for family.

• Ravaka Andriamihaja

  Community seed librarian. Antananarivo, Madagascar. Drawing botanical patterns on reused envelopes.

• Jean-Luc Rakoto

  Port maintenance supervisor. Toamasina, Madagascar. Carving chess pieces from fallen branches.

• Maya Pillay

  Hotel laundry manager. Port Louis, Mauritius. Growing orchids from exchanged cuttings.

• Anika Rao

  Classical singer and part-time tutor. Pune, India. Taking long bus rides to listen to new music.

• Rohan Mehta

  Textile business owner. Ahmedabad, India. Collecting hand-drawn maps.

• Farah Qureshi

  Public librarian. Lucknow, India. Inventing extravagant names for stray cats.

• Dev Patel

  Animation student. Vadodara, India. Making absurd miniature furniture.

• Kavitha Raman

  Railway catering inspector. Chennai, India. Painting teacups in improbable colours.

• Arjun Das

  Accountant and amateur comedian. Kolkata, India. Collecting overheard phrases in a pocket notebook.

• Meera Thomas

  Home-based software tester. Kochi, India. Growing unusual varieties of chilli.

• Nikhil Sethi

  Fashion photographer's assistant. Delhi, India. Styling elaborate portraits of friends.

• Sanjay Kulkarni

  Retired bank clerk. Nashik, India. Watching cricket with a handwritten scorecard.

• Lata Gurung

  Mountain guesthouse cook. Pokhara, Nepal. Singing while rolling dough.

• Prakash Shrestha

  Motorcycle mechanic. Kathmandu, Nepal. Taking photographs of hand-painted shop signs.

• Samira Rahman

  Garment production planner. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Making intricately folded paper boxes.

• Imran Chowdhury

  Retired shipping clerk. Chattogram, Bangladesh. Sketching boats from memory.

• Nusrat Ali

  Nursing student. Sylhet, Bangladesh. Reading light-hearted mysteries on the bus.

• Ayesha Khan

  Architectural drafter. Lahore, Pakistan. Collecting patterned tiles from permitted salvage.

• Bilal Ahmed

  Stand-up comic and office administrator. Karachi, Pakistan. Collecting cheap fountain pens.

• Sana Baloch

  Adult literacy tutor. Quetta, Pakistan. Making strong tea in carefully mismatched cups.

• Harini Perera

  Small bookshop owner. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Reading ghost stories during thunderstorms.

• Dilan Fernando

  Sound engineer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Recording the sound of morning markets.

• Tenzin Dorji

  Retired school administrator. Thimphu, Bhutan. Carving stamps for homemade stationery.

• Leyla Demir

  Ceramic artist. İzmir, Türkiye. Swimming before opening the studio.

• Baran Yılmaz

  Public-sector translator. Ankara, Türkiye. Walking unfamiliar streets without a destination.

• Noura Saleh

  Landscape designer. Amman, Jordan. Making pressed-leaf bookmarks.

• Samer Haddad

  Piano tuner. Beirut, Lebanon. Playing the same melody in different styles.

• Rana Khalil

  Graphic designer and print teacher. Ramallah, Palestine. Drawing elaborate imaginary cafés.

• Hessa Al Mansoori

  Museum conservator. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Making tiny paper houses.

• Faisal Al Harbi

  Restaurant owner. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Learning amateur astronomy.

• Maryam Al Balushi

  Marine science graduate. Muscat, Oman. Drawing comic strips about laboratory mishaps.

• Arman Davoudi

  Instrument maker. Shiraz, Iran. Cooking elaborate breakfasts for friends.

• Shirin Mehr

  Retired civil engineer. Tehran, Iran. Learning to paint very large flowers.

• Dilnoza Karimova

  Costume designer. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Making tiny illustrated travel journals.

• Timur Sadykov

  Esports commentator and student. Almaty, Kazakhstan. Making elaborate noodle dishes.

• Aigerim Nur

  Urban heating systems engineer. Astana, Kazakhstan. Collecting recipes from colleagues.

• Gulnara Ismailova

  Guesthouse owner and felt craft tutor. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Watching comic films with neighbours.

• Sora Kim

  Video editor. Busan, South Korea. Taking blurry photographs of evening buses.

• Min-jun Park

  Battery testing technician. Daejeon, South Korea. Cooking elaborate weekend breakfasts.

• Hae-won Choi

  Retired music teacher. Jeonju, South Korea. Collecting amusing rehearsal stories.

• Ren Takahashi

  Bookbinder. Kyoto, Japan. Watching reflections in rain puddles.

• Yuki Mori

  Train station supervisor. Osaka, Japan. Sketching trees in station courtyards.

• Daichi Sato

  Retired bicycle shop owner. Sendai, Japan. Writing humorous weather observations.

• Akiko Fujita

  Pastry chef. Fukuoka, Japan. Reading science fiction before sunrise.

• Chen Wei

  Urban delivery depot manager. Chengdu, China. Making elaborate paper aeroplanes with his child.

• Lin Xia

  Illustrator and shop assistant. Hangzhou, China. Making tiny clay monsters.

• Zhou Ming

  Retired civil engineer. Wuhan, China. Practising calligraphy beside an open window.

• Wang Lili

  Clothing repair business owner. Guangzhou, China. Collecting vintage buttons by colour.

• Xu An

  Industrial design student. Nanjing, China. Making comic drawings of inconvenient furniture.

• Mei-Ling Chen

  Temple community kitchen coordinator. Tainan, Taiwan. Growing fragrant herbs outside the kitchen.

• Jia-Hao Lin

  Mechanical designer. Taichung, Taiwan. Learning to draw comic portraits.

• Anu Batsaikhan

  Heating advice coordinator. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Writing short winter stories.

• Batsaikhan Erdene

  Vocational college instructor. Darkhan, Mongolia. Making exaggerated metal birds.

• Lan Nguyễn

  Community swimming instructor. Da Nang, Vietnam. Making playlists for long walks.

• Minh Trần

  Furniture exporter. Hanoi, Vietnam. Restoring old film cameras.

• Thảo Phạm

  Retired literature teacher. Huế, Vietnam. Watching rain from a covered doorway.

• Narin Srisuk

  Independent chef. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Growing herbs in improvised containers.

• Pim Chanthara

  Dance instructor and student. Bangkok, Thailand. Learning silly dance routines with friends.

• Siti Rahmawati

  School administrator. Surabaya, Indonesia. Taking photographs of ordinary breakfast tables.

• Aditya Pranoto

  Bicycle tour guide. Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Making illustrated food maps.

• Nur Aisyah

  Public hospital physiotherapist. Penang, Malaysia. Trying elaborate fruit-carving designs.

• Daniel Lim

  Investment operations manager. Singapore, Singapore. Learning jazz piano with cheerful inconsistency.

• Linh Sok

  Contemporary artist and tutor. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Collecting discarded packaging with unusual colours.

• Ruth Campbell

  Retired marine insurance clerk. Halifax, Canada. Learning card games with neighbours.

• Gabriel Tremblay

  Restaurant server and novelist. Montréal, Canada. Making elaborate playlists for imaginary films.

• Priya Sandhu

  Public school counsellor. Winnipeg, Canada. Playing old film songs on the harmonium.

• Alex Morgan

  Outdoor equipment repairer. Vancouver, Canada. Taking photographs of moss after rain.

• Denise Walker

  Bus driver and union steward. Detroit, United States. Growing tomatoes in borrowed garden space.

• Ethan Brooks

  Former software engineer; job-seeking. Denver, United States. Cooking unnecessarily elaborate breakfasts.

• Marisol Vega

  Community college administrator. Tucson, United States. Drawing cacti with exaggerated personalities.

• Noah Ellis

  Part-time barista and game designer. Portland, United States. Making tiny paper landscapes.

• Patricia Nguyen

  Retired electrical engineer. San Jose, United States. Learning watercolour painting.

• Malik Johnson

  Wheelchair basketball coach. Baltimore, United States. Collecting absurd team nicknames.

• June Park

  Commercial lawyer. Seattle, United States. Practising elaborate cake decoration.

• Hector Morales

  Air-conditioning technician. San Antonio, United States. Restoring old toy cars.

• Camila Torres

  Comic artist. Guadalajara, Mexico. Making ridiculous costumes for an adult costume club.