Baby harbor seal, Child's Beach, La Jolla, near San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

Young monk, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

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

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

Young child on platform looking at train, Shin Yokohama Shinkansen station, Kansai, Honshu, Japan, Asia

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

Young boy looking through his giant mask at the Festival of the Creoles, Fete de Creoles, Mahe, Seychelles, 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 Muslim boys, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

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

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

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

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

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

Young boys, Karakul, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia

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

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

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

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 .malnourrish child

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

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

Pema chunzum, born february 14, in year of earth monkey, kathmandu nepal

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

Indonesia muslim girls at a koranic -school in banda aceh. 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 girl, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Australia. Young girl at home with mother, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

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

Vietnam anti trafficking project at tra on in vinh long province in the mekong delta region of vietnam. many young people have succumbed to bein. for marriage or work in neighboring countries, and this project addresses the problem. in this image the vice-principal of tra on high school, ngoc bich, talks to a group of 12th graders about the problem

Nomad birth. Today i born into family of buddhas; a child of buddhas i’ve become today. -santideva. Tibet

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

East timor. Child of aileu

A young Nepalese girl with her baby brother in the Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Myanmar boys reciting gospel in candle light at catholic -seminary at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Religion, pakistan. Boy praying in his village at dawn

Hands of young monk praying, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Group of young monks, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

Young boy looking at butterfly, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

East timor. Children of aileu

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

Young street performer, Sunday Street Market, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young monks reciting text clementown, india

A young child at the Bagan market, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

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

East timor. Adolescent boys of aileu

A young participant in the annual Minstrels procession (also referred to as the Coon Carnival) in Cape Town.

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

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

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Cambodia childrens center at anlon kgnan. young children playing with toys

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

Myanmar eating meal in school, myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

A young boy sitting on a copper sculpture at a religious site in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

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

Young girl with Chinese Lucky God mask, Beijing, China, Asia

East timor. Boy of mahata oecussi-ambeno

Young girl dressed in traditional costume, Cuzco, Peru, South America

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

Young boy in Bavarian costume playing a computer game, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

East timor. Girl of fatumerita, aileu district

Ultraman statue and young child in Asakusa, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

A young monk at the Paya Shwedagon temple in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Young girl with Chinese Lucky God mask, Beijing, China, Asia

Young boy with camera, Beijing, China, Asia

Boys playing conkers, Angus, Scotland

Young girl looking at a common poppy (Papaver)

Young boy having underwater fun in the family pool, Guararema, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

Young girl, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Young African boy playing football in the school yard. Guly Town, northern Uganda. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Young residents enjoy smiling in front of camera, Gulu Town, Northwest Uganda. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Amuru district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. Here a young child has found a stick to play with. Amuru, Uganda, East Africa

Young girl and boy playing in stream, Whitesands Beach, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Young boy looking through small window, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Young boy on wooden merry-go-round, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

A young Indian girl opens her door to a visiting goat in a jumper and ribbon. In Agra India. In developing countries people often live cheek by jowl with other species. The back streets of Agra are teaming with cows, pigs,goats kites etc.

Young girl with net beside a waterfall, Arbirlot, Angus, Scotland

A young boy on a ropes course at Brathay in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An African child carrying a baby in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Young boy having underwater fun in the family pool, Guararema, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

Young volunteer displays bin with loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings prior to release into the ocean, Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil, South America

A young girl skating on an artificial ice rink in Lincoln city centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mother and young son running on beach, Broad Haven South, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Polar Bear Mother protecting cubs, Ursus maritimus, taiga, Churchill, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada