Steel band, Shirley Heights, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Men play checkers in Izmailovsky Market, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Confucian ceremony, Chon Myo shrine, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Musicians playing guitars, Havana Viejo, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Close-up of counterbass with trumpet player, part of traditional band playing in a cafe, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Middle Ages festival held on 7th August, Port de La Flotte, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Rose Festival, Bulgaria, Europe

Boy follows by reading the text of the Ramlilla, the stage play of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

La fete des vendanges (grape harvest festival), Commune du Bois, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Fair haired sisters playing on a seesaw

Mousehole, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Zanzibari boys playing on Pingwe beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Man playing a flute while walking in the street in the city centre, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Musicians at cremation ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Musicians playing a type of xylophone, Hacienda Guachipelin, near Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Ile Rousse, Corsica, France, Europe

Sita player, Taipei Eye, Chinese theatre, cultural dance performance, Taipei City, Taiwan, Asia

Pipers, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail of Highland dress, Blair Atholl Highland Games, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Backgammon, Kalamitsi, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Children playing and parading in streets during King Narai Reign Fair, Lopburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Thai man playing drums in parade, Flowers Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Kirghiz nomads play ulak tartysh, Lake Son-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Performer at Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Crown, children's play centre, Odense, Funen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Musician near Main Market Square, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Buskers in front of Bath Abbey, Bath, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Public Beach, Manuel Antonio, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, Central America

Greek men play dominoes, Parikia (Hora), Paros, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Ile Rousse, Corsica, France, Europe

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

Close-up of the hands of a group of four people playing dominos in the street Centro Habana, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Sunday cricket, New Delhi, India, Asia

Men playing cards, Chiado quarter, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Musicians attending a village wedding, Anogia, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Child's play centre, Odense, Funen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Portrait of two girls at play time in Luang Prabang City, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Child at festival, Gresse, Central Highlands, Costa Rica, Central America

Local men play cards at Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Garibaldi Square, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Boys playing cricket at Charlotteville, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Musicians playing a type of xylophone, Hacienda Guachipelin, near Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

A group of phaeton drivers drink tea and play cards at Buyuk Ada on Princes Island, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

St. Patrick's parade, Patrick Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Guards band, Royal Palace, Dam Square, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe

The Seattle Mariners play a day game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Battle of the Flowers, Carnival, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Musicians in the parade, Battle of the Flowers, Carnival, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Sylvere Taverny playing a saxophone at Grand Riviere fishing village in the norther tip of the island, Martinique, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Musicians at Hotel Punta Islita, Punta Islita, Nicoya Pennisula, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, Central America

Guitarists play at the Camino Real Hotel, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Musician near Main Market Square, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Playing dominos, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus region, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Men playing backgammon, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

Musicians in the M.J. Hoban pub, Wesport, County Mayo, Connacht, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Musicians in the parade, Battle of the Flowers, Carnival, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York State, United States of America, North America

Kids at play in rural Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children play in a park below the New Tokyo City Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Playing the rondador or bamboo panpipe, Hacienda Pinsaqui, north of Quito, Ecuador, South America

Street musicians, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Jazz saxophonist playing at night in Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Dusk view of Shakespeare's Globe theatre on the banks of the Thames river in London.

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

People playing ball on the beach of the Portuguese Atlantic island of Porto Santo.

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.

Uzbekistan boys of shakhrisabz

Bangladesh children belonging to the garo tribal minority, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan

TANZANIA Watatulu tribesmen of Miyuguyu, Shinyanga district. Old woman. photograph by Sean Sprague

TANZANIA Watatulu tribesmen of Miyuguyu, Shinyanga district. Family group by the doorway of their mud and stick house. photograph by Sean Sprague

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital . wounds due to boiling water for tea . lots of kids get burned by open flames fires into the camp as they play around without parents control

Namibia children, many of whom aids orphans positive themselves at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, (dating from apartheid)

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan. Children at the school acting a play

Vietnam hoa binh primary school in vinh long province. children in school practice cheerleading

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

Dusk view of Shakespeare's Globe theatre on the banks of the Thames river in London.

Dance performance at bugando hospital medical school, tanzania. Mwanza. - opening ceremony

Guatemala santa rita village of returnees, in peten. community fled guatemala during violence of 1980s in times of peace have returned to settle in jungle lowlands. Child from village

Guatemala santa rita village of returnees, in peten. community fled guatemala during violence of 1980s in times of peace have returned to settle in jungle lowlands. Child from village

Baseball, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Musicians, Bodegita del Medio, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Guatemala santa rita village of returnees, in peten. community fled guatemala during violence of 1980s in times of peace have returned to settle in jungle lowlands. Neli herrera cristian

A girl sledging on Kirsktone Pass in the Lake District, UK

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) -Two girls play during a lull in one of the processions

Playing game machine, pachinko parlour, Tokyo, Japan

Card players, Shanghai, China, Asia

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan. Children at the school acting a play

India israeli family on the beach at arambol, goa.

Group of street musicians, Los Pinos, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Moroccan children playing football outside a village in the Dades valley in Morocco

China naxi minority, enjoying a street performer, lijian, yunnan province.

Japan street performers, shinjuku, tokyo

Weight lifter, tanzania. Musoma

El salvador brother & sister with puppy and kitten, san francsisco javier

Close-up of man playing accordian

India israeli family on the beach at arambol, goa.