Contributor Mike Greenlar stumbled upon Innocent Gapande, Nyirakarire Theresa and Buregeya Mugarukira as they shelled beans on Bear Street.
Gapande, on the left, and Nyirakarire, center, are both refugees. Gapande is from Rwanda while Kyirakarire is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the right is Mugarukira, who is also from Rwanda.
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Literacy festival sparks Syracuse children’s interest in reading (photo of the week)
Light a Candle for Literacy held its annual parade and book festival at Brighton Academy Middle School.
Monarch butterfly sits on sunflower at the end of a Central New York summer (photo of the week)
Contributor Mike Greenlar captured this monarch butterfly on a sunflower in Syracuse’s North Side.
A ceremony that originated 8,000 miles away continues in Syracuse (photo of the week)
Nearly 100 people participated in an annual wrist tying ceremony.
Siblings enjoy live music at Syracuse Latino Festival (photo of the week)
Syracuse’s Latino Festival lasted from noon through 9 p.m. on Saturday.
A lone truck drives on I-81 (photo of the week)
A truck drives on the highway near the Interstate 81 and Interstate 690 interchange in Syracuse.
