African boy, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Caribbean carnival festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

The Temple of the Standing Buddha (Wat Intrawiharn), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Girl looking at Christmas tree, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Smiling girl, Elbassan, Albania, Europe

Catholic child, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Lalibela boy, Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa

Wollo boy, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa

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

African boy praying, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, Africa

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

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Girl drinking water, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Caribbean carnival festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

Boy playing handmade instrument, Mekele, Ethiopia, Africa

Catholic boy, Popenguine, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Child and cross, Saint-Gervais, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

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

African boy, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Street vendors, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Schoolboy, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Praying child, France, Europe

Cemetery on All Saints' Day, Chedde, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Girl at the Paris Holocaust memorial, Paris, France, Europe

Asian baby with long life symbol, Paris, France, Europe

Girl praying in church, Saint Nicolas de Veroce, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Casamance boy, Abene, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Water, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Senegalese child, Popenguine, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Baby in a toy car, France, Europe

Muslim boy, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Girl eating a meal, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Boy brushing a horse, Dracy-le-Fort, Saone-et-Loire, France, Europe

Swimmer, France, Europe

Muslim girl, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Noraduz cemetery, Lake Sevan, Armenia

Young girl, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Girl making friendship bracelet, Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

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

A Basotho child walking with a donkey in the village of Semonkong in Lesotho, Africa

Boy recycling wood after a cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Akha hilltribe girl, Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

School girl, Goa, India, Asia

Portrait of a novice monk, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Portrait of boy in braditional Thai costume, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Girl dressed in Welsh national costume, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Child performing acrobatics balancing glasses, Shanghai, China, Asia

Boy dressed in Samurai costume at Jidai Matsuri Festival held annually in November at Sensoji Temple Asakusa, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Girl eating a meat pie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

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

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

Portrait of girl in traditional Thai costume at the Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Girl dressed in Mexican costume, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Local Fijian girl, Makogai, Lomaviti, Fiji, Pacific

Bhoramdeo temple, Kabirdham District, Chattisgarh, India, Asia

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

Young boy crushing maize in Guludo village in the Quirimbas National Park in northern Mozambique, Africa

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

An Aboriginal child in a music festival in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Portrait of girl in traditional Thai costume at the Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Basotho child and elderly lady walking with a donkey in the village of Semonkong in Lesotho, Africa

Portrait of boy dressed in Chinese Opera costume, Hong Kong, China, Asia

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

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

Boy waiting to sing, Straznice folk festival, South Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

Himba child in a village close to Kunene river,on the border between Angola and Namibia, Namibia, Africa

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

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

A little child of the Osborne House orphanage in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mayan girl, Cancun, Yucatan, Mexico

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

French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, Atoll Of Rangiroa, Lagoon And Beach, Boy Bathing

Young boy in Samurai costume in front of Odawara Castle, Kanagawa, Japan, Asia

Naga boy carrying basket of hornbill feathers on his back, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of child dressed in Chinese Opera costume, Hong Kong, China, Asia

A toddler on a bicycle in Lai street in the old town, Tallinn, Estonia, Baltic States, Europe

Seychelles, Praslin Island, River Mouth In The Lagoon, Young Local Boy Passing By

A child on the streets of Pondichery, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

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

Child at temple, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Child performing acrobatics, Shanghai, China, Asia

African girl carrying sack on head, Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of young dancing girl in costume, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Naga (Macham tribe) child wrapped up in his traditional blanket, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia