Young novice monks collecting alms at Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Young boys practising Capoeira, Baia Azul, Benguela, Angola, Africa

Young girl planting a seedling tree during Tu Bishvat, Jewish Festival of Trees, Museum of Nature, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Young Toraja girl in traditional costume at funeral ceremony, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Celebes, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young girl helping her mother cook at their home in Tinguri, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

African primary school, young girl in the class room, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of young fair haired girl

Young female monk, Phaung Daw Oo pagoda, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Young boy curiously looking through an old antique door, Moroni, Grand Comore, Comoros, Indian Ocean, Africa

Young traditionally dressed Georgian girl, Sighnaghi, Georgia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Asia

Young girl checking to see if the communal village water tap has water, as it runs dry daily, Pokhara, Nepal, Asia

Young boys practising Capoeira, Baia Azul, Benguela, Angola, Africa

Young Muslim boy and his mother, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young girl with her dog, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children at Townsville in Australia

Two young monks and traditional umbrellas, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

African primary school, young girl in the class room, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Group portrait of young children, Guland Island, China, Asia

Portrait of a young Indian girl, Manali, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Asia

Group of school children, including young monks, singing, village of Thit La, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A young Ajjer, from a Berber ethnic group, in the oasis of Umm el Ma in the Fezzan Desert, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Young girl copying some work from the chalkboard at Kaindi demonstration school in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Young girls gathering catfish from the family fishing pen on Rio El Dorado, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

Happy young farming boy, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

A young boy working on his farm and listening to the radio, Uganda, Africa

Young Muslim children in front of an ornate carved door, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Young Mongolian girl in traditional costume (deel) with her sheep, Province of Khovd, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Two young girls, one holding school books, at their school in Ura Village, Ura Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Group of young Buddhist monks, Karchu Dratsang Monastery, Jankar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Young girls and their mother walking along the beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Young Mongolian boy, Province of Khovd, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Young Buddhist monk at the Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Portrait of a young boy, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

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

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

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

Young boys in Soweto Township, South Africa

Young Buddhist monk studying scripts in class at Chimi Lhakhang Temple, Punakha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Young girl reading the Koran, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young Buddhist monks, Karchu Dratsang Monastery, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Young Hmong villagers in Xieng Khouang province, northern Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young children learning to weave and spin at Duksun in east Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monk, Karchu Dratsang Monastery, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Portriat of a young girl, Kumari (Living Goddess festival), Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Portrait of two young children, Scarborough, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Portrait of young boy, Segou, Mali, Africa

Young children at the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Young novice monks, Paya Sandamuni Monastery, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Two young boys looking through a window at their school in Ura Village, Ura Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Young boy in school classroom, Houy Mieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of young African child, smiling and looking at the camera, Kagenyi Camp, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Young Cambodian girl and her little dog, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young novice nuns having their breakfast in the streets of Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Young Buddhist monk at Ywama monastery, Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A teacher helping a young student at a school, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Young people sitting in a bar located on an urban staircase in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

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

Young happy girls, Alichur, The Pamirs, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia

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

Portrait of a young school child in Pusan City, Korea, Asia

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

FRAT young Catholics' gathering, Jambville, Yvelines, France, Europe

Young monk, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Two young kids on a carrier loaded with hay, Torugat Pass, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Young girls going to the water well, Andringitra National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Young girls walking on the beach, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young monk and prayer wheel, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

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

Young girls playing traditional instruments in the Schoolchildrens palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

Young Buddhist monk studying scripts in class at Chimi Lhakhang Temple, Punakha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Young patient in an African hospital, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of two young monks during Buddhist Lent in Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Young kids having fun at the Antsanitian Beach Resort, Mahajanga, Madagascar, Africa

Young boy looking through his giant mask at the Festival of the Creoles, Fete de Creoles, Mahe, Seychelles, Africa

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

Young Buddhist monk, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young girl reading the Koran, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of two young girls, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young Muslims learning how to pray, Paris, France, Europe

Lady preparing fish for meal with young girl, Talpia, Zambia, Africa

Young boys, Karakul, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia

Young girl with water jar on head, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Children at Kalapet near Pondicherry in India

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on the hills near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

A protrait of a young makuna,amazon rainforest

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. altar boy lights candles of young girls after the ceremony

Australia young girl aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory

Portrait of a young Yagua Indian girl, Iquitos, Amazon, Peru, South America

Young Boy with Buddha statue, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young monk, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young boy throwing sea water onto sand to make salt, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a young Yagua Indian girl, Iquitos, Amazon, Peru, South America

Young girl in traditional Chinese dress (Cheongsam), Beijing, China, Asia

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

Drugs, bulgaria teenagers at drug awareness program in high school no. 35, sofia