Tendayi Chingeye, a delegate from Zimbabwe.

A great new story on Bahá’í World News Service starts like this:

Experiencing the diversity of the human family can be humbling, as Bahá’ís attending their recent international convention learned.

Gregory C Dahl, a delegate from Bulgaria and former International Monetary Fund staffer thought it was the most diverse gathering of people on the planet - and he’s attended more than a few UN-related meetings.

At the United Nations, there are representatives from many countries, but not from so many different social, economic, and professional classes.

The story is illuminating, but the photographs touch the heart. Go have a look. These are people elected by their Bahá’í communities to represent them. I’m including a small selection of the pictures below.

Nuriyeh McLaren and Daniel Woodard, delegates from Venezuela.

Santos Vargas, a delegate from Bolivia.

Keyhan Ighanian (left) and Thor Henning Lerstad, both from Norway.

(All pictures © Bahá’í World News Service.)

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