Young boys putting shoes and socks back on after visiting Shah Alam muslim mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Eton schoolboys in traditional tails at Eton College, England, UK

Children in the Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa

Indian children in the street in old town Udaipur, Rajasthan, Western India

Youngsters dancing in the Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nepalese children in traditional costumes with traditional welcome garlands

Young Indian boy celebrating annual Hindu Holi festival of colours with powder paints in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Locals gather for celebration in the foothills of the Himalayas at Pokhara in Nepal

South Pacific islanders climb a tree for a vantage point at tribal gathering in Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, South Pacific

Native children at tribal gathering in Western Samoa, South Pacific

Native children at tribal gathering in Tonga, South Pacific

Indian boy inside his home made of mud bricks coated in cow dung in Bishnoi tribe village near Rohet in Rajasthan, Northern India

Children in the Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa

Boys at primary school in Hong Ying Road, Xian. China has a one child policy to reduce population.

Children ride their bikes through flood water in Minster Lovell, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Student of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Children in Accra waving British and Ghana flags

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake devastated area of Pattika, Pakistan

Bontoc children at the Nakubling Market in Luzon, Philippines.

A young boy carrying his sister through the Manila markets in the Philippines

South African Children peering through a fence

Mother and children at their traditional wood and straw roofed home in the Solomon Isles.

Carousel in Jardin des Tuileries, Central Paris, France

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Small child standing in the doorway of the bank in Paro, Bhutan

Children in traditional dress, Papua New Guinea

Children play cricket on village pitch, Swinbrook, The Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom

Schoolgirls waving flags and cheering

A small child in a sunhat strolling in front of the imposing Pulguksa Temple in South Korea

An eight year old girl and six year ld boy walking ino the sea in France

A young boy in a checked shirt and red knitted hat in the doorway of a fruit and vegetable shop in Patan, Nepal

Child in a queue waiting to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, China

Children and a dog, Paro, Bhutan

Young child workers painting carvings, Bhaktapur, Nepal

With flies around his nose a child holds onto his mother's necklace at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso

Schoolchildren in Gambia, West Africa

Nepalese girls (possibly sisters) enjoying orange ice lollies in rural Nepal.

Young boy shopkeeper in a fruit and vegetables shop in Patan, Nepal. He has old-fashioned scales for weighing the produce.

A young camel boy, wearing an arab scarf head-dress, left in charge of camels while the camel train stops for a break, is standing on one leg while resting the other one at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Young girl staring out from her blue silk hooded costume while taking part in the Semana Santa parade for Holy Week in Seville, Spain (Sevilla). They are carrying palm leaves.

Boy in China wearing khaki army hat, Beijing, China

Young girl with arm in plaster bandage sits on a bed in a rural hospital supported by the Save the Children Fund charity in The Gambia, West Africa. A mosquito net hangs above.

Small child crouching among adults queuing in Tiananmen Square to enter the Forbidden City, Beijing, China (Peking).

A four year old boy and six year old girl climbing a wooden fence in Wiltshire, England

Small boys laughing together in a village settlement, Solomon Isles, South Pacific

Schoolboys at work during a Biology lesson at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal

Quechua child sleeping, Ollantaytambo, Peru, South America

Daily life at the special needs school SPED, the only Special Needs school in northern Cebu, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a young Buddhist monk, Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Camels at a water hole, Ennedi plateau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chad, Africa

Boy reading at the teva, the four Sephardic Synagogues, Jerusalem old city, Israel, Middle East

The Monster Park (Sacro Bosco) (Villa delle Meraviglie), Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Girl at a Dinosaur fossil, Dinosaur Provincial Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Little girl in a red dress on the Vilnia River bank next to tree decorated with vinyl records, Uzupis district, Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe

Boy wrapped against the chill morning, Delhi, India

Schoolchildren on Delhi to Mumbai National Highway 8 at Jaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India

An eight year old girl running into the sea in France

School children, Xian, China

Young boys in Soweto Township, South Africa

Children at Townsville in Australia

Boy on a bike wearing uniform in Beijing, China

Road traffic sign warning of children crossing, North Island, New Zealand

Mother with her children at home in Hong Kong China in the 1980s

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

Indian children in back of truck at Mehrauli, New Delhi, India

Young boy arrives at school in traditional Basque town of Laguardia in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

A five year oldgirl and four year old boy walking together in Devon

Boy walks off ferry at this popular coral fringed holiday island and scuba diving destination. Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young girl explores beach huts in Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom

A four year old boy running across a field in Wiltshire, England

Chinese children attending a cultural display in Canton, China in the 1980s

An eight year old girl running out of the sea during a holiday in France

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

School children, Cameroon, Africa

A four year old boy and five year old girl playing in a stream in Devon

A four year old boy and five year old girl playing in a stream in Devon

Children with flag, Jakarta, Indonesia

Darjeeling school children. School children at tibetan childrens village, darjeeling, india. A tibetan doesnt know tibetan language is like a bird with only wing

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

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

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

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

Momandiyon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 13, 2021. Girl slicing pears to be dried in the sun. Editorial Use Only

Momandiyon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 13, 2021. Girl wearing a scarf on her face, at a field where pears are being prepared and dried in the sun. Editorial Use Only

Margib, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 15, 2021. Children on a platform bed in a mountain village. Editorial Use Only

Margib, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 15, 2021. Girl in traditional dress in a mountain village. Editorial Use Only

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

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

Shagmon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 12, 2021. Farm worker hand starting a truck during harvest. Editorial Use Only

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

Haft Kul, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 17, 2021. A woman with her two children in the mountains of Tajikistan. Editorial Use Only

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

Shagmon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 12, 2021. Farm workers loading a truck during harvest. Editorial Use Only

Namibia a feeding centre hungry children in rundu. Most of these children aids orphans, or positive themselves, or both. A catholic church organization provides them with a daily meal, perhaps only decent food they. hunger is evident in their eyes expressions

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar

street scene, in Dasaswamedh Ghat, Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar