Child at Ilakaka sapphire mines, Ilakaka, Fianarantsoa province, Ihorombe Region, Southern Madagascar, Africa

School children at the end of the day at school, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Street boy selling necklaces at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

Young Indians in an autorickshaw near Dediapada, Gujarat, India, Asia

Akita Kanto lantern festival, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Rush hour in the Paris metro, Paris, France, Europe

Two grade 3 students reading at Kusbau School in the coastal region of Madang in Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Summer and Playing Children by Nikolai Astlrup, KODE 3 Art Museum, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Roman excavations in Old City, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Sand for building recovered from the Tiracol River, Goa, India, Asia

Central Train Station, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

View of traditional Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

View of traditional Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

View of traditional Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

View of traditional and contemporary Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

Buchanan Street at Christmas, City Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Akita Kanto lantern festival, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Skyscrapers and garden, Porta Nuova district, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

View of traditional Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

Akita Kanto lantern festival, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku, Honshu, Japan, Asia

View of Viktualienmarkt at Christmas, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of traditional Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

View of New Town Hall and bustling Christmas Market in Marienplatz at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist temple, small boy touching Angada statue, Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Christmas pyramid at Christmas Market, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Palace of Justice Square in the Old Town, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Provence, France, Mediterranean, Europe

Goat cart with children on a Sunday in the Plaza de la Revolucion, Bayamo, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Goat cart with children on a Sunday in the Plaza de la Revolucion, Bayamo, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Street lights on Kuanxiangzi Alley at night in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China, Asia

View of Viktealienmarkt Christmas Market, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Virgen del Carmen, wrapped in protective plastic, being carried out to sea from Tarifa, accompanied by a flotilla of boats, Tarifa, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Izmaylovsky Bazaar, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Europe

Busy shopping street and local food on display in Ciqikou Old Town, Shapingba, Chongqing, China, Asia

View of Christmas Market in Marienplatz and Old Town Hall at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of Christmas Market in Marienplatz and New Town Hall at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of Viktealienmarkt Christmas Market, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of traditional and contemporary Chinese architecture in Yu Garden, Shanghai, China, Asia

Beautiful Sino-Portuguese architecture on Soi Romanee (road) in Phuket old town, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Birnau Pilgrimage Church, Unteruhldingen, Lake Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bell Tower, Beijing, China, Asia

Piazza Tre Martiri, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Europe

Busy shopping street in Ciqikou Old Town, Shapingba, Chongqing, China, Asia

Beautiful Sino-Portuguese architecture on Thalang Road in Phuket old town, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Transient killer whale (Orcinus orca) near boat in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California, United States of America, North America

View of busy shopping street in Zhujiajiaozhen water town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China, Asia

Portrait of children of the village, Mabul, Mabul Island, east coast, Sabah, island of Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of two Chinese kids, Beijing, China, Asia

The Fulgor Cinema, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Europe

The Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Old Town Hall and bustling Christmas Market in Marienplatz at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of Christmas Market in Marienplatz and New Town Hall at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A man works on the kitchen garden at Ngwino Nawe, a centre for disabled children in the far south west of Rwanda, Africa

Young Muslim boys, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Local children, Yakawlang, Afghanistan, Asia

Young boy standing by a colourful house in Trois Ilets, Martinique, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

View of Old Town Hall and bustling Christmas Market in Marienplatz at dusk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Busy shopping street in Ciqikou Old Town, Shapingba, Chongqing, China, Asia

View of Viktualienmarkt at Christmas, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sartiglia, Oristano, island of Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Young boy holding flowers at the flower market on Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Vegetable stall along the road in the mountain area, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young boys in traditional dress, Amaru, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Mau Son Taoist temple, woman at Taoist ceremony, ritual of offerings, Sapa, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional architecture, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agadez, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of Chinese boy, Beijing, China, Asia

Children in costume and with masks, Mardi Gras festival, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Yaruba with tatoo knifed on cheek, nigeria, afric

East timor boy wearing traditional dress including ikat weaves and beads, oecussi-ambeno

Cambodia children of kampong thom

Tourists queue to watch the changeing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, London, UK.

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) in the old hospital at baucau. Jacinta marques, and old woman and children at the camp

Watatulu tribal family, tanzania. Mwankale

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Uzbekistan craftsman and apprentice repairing the shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausoleums, samarkand

Thailand steven moses, director of nccm, with burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

Religion, ethiopia. Temple of yeha, c5th bc. Boy and priests showing off manuscripts at the small yeha museum

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Honduras family of copan

Guatemala doctor will van wisse examining a child at the santa clara la laguna clinic

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) at the don bosco center in dili. Mother and child

Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

A water charity in Porterville supplying bottled water to houses who have had no running water for over five months, near Bakersfield, California, USA. Hoses in the East of Porterville, many of which are on private wells, have run completely out of water as the water table has dropped catastrophically. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Panjakent, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 18, 2021. Boys and a dog looking over the city of Panjakent. Editorial Use Only

Honduras boy collecting firewood banadero, near danli

Tourists queue to watch the changeing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, London, UK.

These reindeer peoples' entire existence is based around their herds of reindeer, which provide milk, skins for clothes, horn for carving and medicine, transport and occasionally, meat. the tsaatan are part of the tuvan ethnic group, which inhabits the tuvan republic of russia. there are only about 200 tsaatan in total, spread over 100,000 sq km of northern mongolia. they are nomadic, often moving their small encampments every three to four weeks, searching for special types of grass and moss loved by the reindeer. the tsaatan are strong practitioners of shamanism. west taiga, northern mongolia

Colombia fisherman cleaning fish while he sits in his dugout canoe. A boy fishing with a line in the background. Rio magdalena, barrancabermeja

Boys in ritual costume, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Nyingmapa gangte monastery with young monks letting some steam after morning prayer. During a visit to phobjikha valley, pema lingpa prophesised that a monastery named gang-teng (hill) would be built on this site that teachings would be spread from there. temple founded here in 1613 by gyalse pema thinley, grandson mind reincarnation of pema lingpa

Portrait, brazil. Boy of castainho quilombo, pernambuco. Quilombos were set up by escaped african slaves hundreds of years ago

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Mongolia catholic bishop wens padilla visiting the verbist center for street children and orphans, ulaan baatar

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. A truck loaded with recycled materials in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

Education, pakistan. Punjab. Maths class using traditional methods in a primary state school

Pema chunzum, born february 14, in year of earth monkey, kathmandu nepal

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Australia. Young girl at home with mother, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Burundi agakura, a youth agricultural project in gitera. Jam making. Students peeling guavas. From left to right: minani revata (18), kabura seraphine (20), bakundukize odette (22), nkurunziza desire (24)