When the boy stopped and looked back, everyone was going in a different direction

Kids in front of Saint Mark Cathedral — Shot in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico ©Tetsu Ozawa

A lot of people were coming and going in the square in front of the cathedral in the center of Tuxtla Gutierrez. The most famous cathedrals named after St. Mark are those in Venice and Rome, but the cathedral that houses the seat of the bishop in this town is also St. Mark's Cathedral. Above the entrance of the cathedral, I could see the symbol of St. Mark, a lion with wings.

Standing at the edge of the square and watching the traffic, I saw all kinds of people. Some were vendors, some were shoeshiners, and some were children playing. The boy in the photo stopped to look back while he was running, while the other children were heading towards the entrance of the cathedral. Only the boy was going in a different direction. The moment he turned around, he must have felt like he was left out.

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