Play Around the World - Imagine Education Australia

Play Around the World - Imagine Education Australia

© UNICEF/INDA2012-00611/Dhiraj Singh
Play Around the World
Children play all around the world.
No matter where they come from,
what language they speak,
or clothes they wear…
© UNICEF/NYHQ2010-0753/Roger LeMoyne
All children love to play!
© UNICEF/DRCA2011-00154/Olivier Asselin
In the Democratic Republic of Congo,
these girls play with a skipping rope.
© UNICEF/MLWB2012-01541/Christine Nesbitt
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-1397/Brian Sokol
These children in
Malawi make drawings
in the sandy soil with
their fingers.
© UNICEF/MLWB2012-01539/Christine Nesbitt
© UNICEF/BANA2012-01453/Ahsan Khan
In Bangladesh these
children hide in a
cubby.
What other toys can
you see?
© UNICEF/UGDA2012-00075/Tadej Znidarcic
In Uganda these children
play with water!
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0197/Giacomo Pirozzi
These children from Syria
are drawing pictures with
colourful pencils.
© UNICEF/PAKA2008-1494/Giacomo Pirozzi
These children in Sudan are
spinning on play equipment
really fast and laughing.
© UNICEF/BRDA2012-00002/Pawel KrzysiekBindra
These children in
Burundi play
soccer and ride
bikes.
In the Philippines these children play
in water spouting from their street.
© UNICEF Chad/2011/Esteve
These children in
Chad run through
the streets.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-1348/Serafima Kamberdieva
In Russia these boys throw
and kick a ball on the
street.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-1776/Brian Sokol
In Mongolia this
little girl is playing
with her toy
animals.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2006-1795/Prasit Kiewnil
These children from Thailand
play in the rushing waters of
a waterfall.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-1475/Marco Dormino
In Nicaragua, South
America, these
children play rolling
on a plank along
sticks.
UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1982/Roger LeMoyne
In Sint Maarten, South America, the
children play a game where they pass
a hula hoop from one person to the
next while holding hands.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2004-0538/Jeremy Horner
These children in Korea
play on seesaws.
© UNICEF/PAKA2009-5270/Marta Ramoneda
These children in
Pakistan are playing
cricket.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-1802/Giacomo Pirozzi/Giacomo Pirozzi
In Ukraine these
children balance and
walk across tyres.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1697/Giacomo Pirozzi
This girl plays with
puppets in Uzbekistan.
© UNICEF/AFGA2007-00921/Shehzad NooraniHuq Omi
These boys in
Afghanistan laugh
and chase a bicycle
tyre with a stick.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2007-2877crop/Giacomo Pirozzi/Giacomo Pirozzi
These children are
jumping together in a
playground in Romania.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-1611/Giacomo Pirozzi/Giacomo Pirozzi
In Egypt these children
play with building blocks.
© UNICEF/INDA2011-00082/Graham Crouch
These children in
India play the game
musical chairs.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-2510/Tiémoko Kone
In Mali these
children play ‘tiki
tikini’, a game with
bottle caps.
© UNICEF/CBDA2008-00067/Shehzad Noorani
These children in
Cambodia play a matching
game where they match
shapes and colours.
© UNICEF/UGDA2012-00073/Tadej Znidarcic
Every child in the world
has the right to play.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-1732/Brian Sokol
Do you like to play?
Want to learn more about children’s
rights and the areas that UNICEF works
in to help the most vulnerable children?
You can also learn more about the
Convention on the Rights of the Child
via our website.
www.unicef.org.au
This beautiful photo story was collated
by Bethany Robinson.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0161/Giovanni Diffidenti
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