On a corner in Montparnasse a busker sings to his own accompaniment, hoping to sell a recording or two. Paris, France.
As they gain control of a devastating blaze in the ByWard Market, firefighters lend each other a hand. Ottawa.
A busker plays his bowed psalter while a wedding is prepared inside. Quimper, France.
A waiter returns from his smoke break with friends in the main square. Sarlat, France.
A family performs in Galway, Ireland. Dad plays, Mother sings and Daughter pretends to listen.
A server cleans up after lunch. The restaurant’s name translates as The Little Crazy Pig, which distinguishes it from The Crazy Pig itself, a larger eatery. Both have since closed. Old Quebec City, Canada.
These two sing to each other while dance performers take a breather. (The Morris Dance is an English folk dance where men dressed in white with bells on their legs perform lively routines in public places as here, outside the local pub.) Burmarsh, Kent, England.
In Montparnasse, a jazz band plays dixieland while across the street the weekly market is in full swing. Paris, France.
Women paint the afternoon away in this fishing village on the coast of Maine. U.S.A.
In Death Valley, a photographer captures a stone which seems an odd activity unless you know that it’s a sailing stone at the Racetrack Playa and that from his angle, the light is much better. California, U.S.A.