20 photos about how children live in different countries of the world

In relation to children and caring for them, one can judge the standard of living and consciousness in the country or in the people. After all, children are the most valuable and important thing that every nation has, this is its future, its continuation and its mirror image. That is why it is so interesting for us to see (and show you) how and in what conditions children live in different corners of the globe. In these photographs you will see what childhood means in different states, tribes and peoples.

A 90-year-old Chinese woman looks after her grandson while his parents work in the field. Guizhou Province, China

Homeless child plays in the cemetery. Manila, Philippines

The 6-year-old daughter of the Polish photographer Kamila Stanishevskaya cries because she does not want to do her homework

These fresh wounds on the boy's body identify him as a member of the catfish tribe. Togo West Africa

Religious ceremony in the temple of the Sikhs. Parma, Italy

Mentawai children in the jungle. Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra Province of Indonesia

A little boy is playing next to the room where they cut the dogs. Kaifeng, China

The Navjot rite is a ritual in Zoroastrianism reminiscent of baptism in Christianity

When the photographer asked the boy to smile, he replied that he did not want to. Cairo, Egypt

A girl is holding on to a bus window. Senegal

A 2-year-old baby undergoes a painful scarification ritual. Benin, West Africa

A Bedouin boy holds his father’s gun. Oman

Aborigines in the Solomon Islands

Children pray before class at Uganda Rural School

The boy grazes the cows. Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Pillow Fights at the Danish Therapist Institute Carl-Mar Moller

Tired schoolgirl. Pollock, Lebanon

Children play in a car dump. Mumbai, India

Boys smoke cigarettes in a disadvantaged neighborhood in Edinburgh, Scotland

A boy guards a sack of flour in Senegal

Watch the video: Using photos as data to understand how people live. Anna Rosling Rönnlund. TEDxStockholm (May 2024).