Diana Jue

All of the universities that I visited had some version of a giant Chairman Mao statue. This one is at Fudan University in Shanghai.

A factory worker studies proofs inside a retaken factory in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Chilavert.

A view of the Casa Rosada and the black fence that divides La Plaza de Mayo, where mothers and grandmothers marched to protest against the government.

Following the altercation we were greeted by the media outside the police station.

In Bangalore, vegetable stands line commercial streets and provide easy access to fresh produce.

Hutongs are streets in Beijing that are packed with communal-style housing developments. Though the space is limited, families usually have enough. Here, two hutong residents demonstrate exercises with Chinese yo-yos ...

Since I enjoyed Indian tea so much, I had to visit the beautiful tea plantations of Munnar during my journey.

In Buenos Aires’ Chinese immigrant neighborhood, a woman sells “red tea with milk and pearls” and sticky rice.

My host family and I spent an evening playing with a digital camera and projecting photos on our television. Shown here, my host sister is dressed in Western clothing.

Little fabric shops like these line commercial streets in Bangalore, but they are being replaced by large malls that sell Western clothing.

This is one example of office space built for IT companies, both international and domestic.

New luxury condominiums being built at the fringes of the city serve as homes for Bangalore’s IT workers.

Shanghai’s riverside, historical Bund area is lit up from new development.

Graffiti in Buenos Aires reads “Human rights were only violated in the past?”

A view of Villa 21, one of Buenos Aires’ villas miserias, or “neighborhoods of misery.”

Shanghai’s explosive growth has fueled the rapid development of tall, architectural marvels.

A child watches a cricket game in one of Bangalore’s slum areas.