Concert at Lapis Sky Ger camp, young girls play Yatga-Yatuga (string instrument) at Bunkhan, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Boys playing Morin khuur (stringed instrument) (horse-head-violin) while young girls play Yatga-Yatuga (stringed instrument), Bunkhan, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Naga lady dancing and playing drum, Naga New Year festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A group of young men playing the drums in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Children standing in front of distorting mirrors, in Bludiste (Maze), Petrin Gardens, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Portrait of a Rajasthani musician, Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Actor in the Ramlilla, the stage play of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Traditional Japanese taiko drumming performance, Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku island, Japan, Asia

Beach, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

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

Local men playing dominoes, Anse La Raye, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

School children paddle in the sea on small sandy beach at Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

Students at a junior High School watch a play about teenage pregnancy put on by the schools Gender Club, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Actor in the Ramlilla stage play interpretation of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana, Ramlilla Festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Rose Festival, Bulgaria, Europe

Man playing a saxophone at Morne Fortune, with a view over Castries, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

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

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

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

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

Fishermen playing checkers, 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

Actor with mask worn in the Ramlilla, the stage play of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Rajasathani musician playing the kamayacha, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Street musician, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Pipers, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

People and one of the stage sets, Ramlilla, the stage play of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Locals play cricket, Swinbrook, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom

Men play checkers in Izmailovsky Market, Moscow, Russia, 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

Fair haired sisters playing on a seesaw

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

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

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

Mousehole, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Backgammon, Kalamitsi, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Ile Rousse, Corsica, France, Europe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday cricket, New Delhi, India, Asia

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

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

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

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

Garibaldi Square, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men playing backgammon, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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