The AJC in Cuba: The people of Havana

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The AJC in Cuba: The people of Havana

The AJC in Cuba: The people of Havana

AJC reporter Katie Leslie followed Mayor Kasim Reed and a contingent of business and academic leaders with the World Affairs Council of Atlanta during the group's five-day trip to Havana, Cuba. During her time there, she took photos of the group as it went about its business while capturing an intimate view of the city and its people. Here, she caught a young Cuban boy in a pensive moment as he watched his friends play in the Havana harbor on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

A cab driver navigates the streets of downtown Havana on Monday, June 29, 2015.

A construction worker takes a break in downtown Havana on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

A man sells newspapers in downtown Havana on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

A horse-drawn carriage shares space with cars on a Havana street.

These contemporary dancers, two Cuban and one from Colombia, chat in downtown Havana on Monday, June 29, 2015.

A man and child ride a bike through Regla, a small community across the bay. Residents have to take a ramshackle ferry across the water to get back and forth.

A girl smiles in Regla, a neighborhood in Havana, on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

Locals pose for the camera in Havana on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Pictured on far right: World Affairs Council President Charles Shapiro.

A security guard at the Ernest Hemingway home enjoys some shade on Saturday, June 27, 2015.

Rodolfo Sarracino, a principal dancer with Danza-Teatro Retazos, said talks between Cuba and the U.S. pose an important economic question. He has no desire to leave his country.

A local man talks to the World Affairs Council about neighborhood revitalization efforts underway.

A man sells artwork at a market in Havana on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

Rene Diaz takes a spin on a sugarcane press outside Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba.

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AJC reporter Katie Leslie followed Mayor Kasim Reed and a contingent of business and academic leaders with the World Affairs Council of Atlanta during the group's five-day trip to Havana, Cuba. During her time there, she took photos of the group as it went about its business while capturing an intimate view of the city and its people. Here, she caught a young Cuban boy in a pensive moment as he watched his friends play in the Havana harbor on Sunday, June 28, 2015.

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