Palestinian children carry jerrycans of water from a distribution point during a scorching heatwave. (Gaza City, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo)
Children play in a public fountain to cool off as the Japanese government issues a heatstroke alert during a severe heatwave.(Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
Children play before a circus performance during their mid-year winter break.(Phoot by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
Students and their teacher pose for a group photo during a Quran class at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, May 26, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)
Children play inside giant floating balloons in Cismigiu Park.Bucharest,, Romania, Saturday, August 2, 2025. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)
Pope Leo XIV interacts with a child during a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Remo Casilli/Reuters)
Maria Claudia Tarazona comforts her son Alejandro at the funeral of her husband, opposition senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who was assassinated at a political rally.Bogotá, Colombia, August 13, 2025.(Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)
Pediatricians, dressed as princesses, use play therapy to ease the hospitalization experience for their young patients, north zone of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)
Pilgrims participate in a candlelight procession honoring Our Lady of Fátima during the annual International Pilgrimage,Fátima, Portugal, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Paulo Cunha/EPA)
Hindu women of the Dogra community perform a ritual, swinging a child to pray for their sons’ long life during the Bacch Dua festival,Jammu, India, August 19, 2025.(Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)
An Indian student with peace messages painted on her skin participates in a rally marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima,Mumbai, India, August 6, 2025.(Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)
A three-year-old boy listens as grade one pipe bands prepare to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships,Glasgow, Scotland, August 15, 2025.(Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
Twelve-year-old surfer Kelia Gallina of French Polynesia after competing in the Lexus Tahiti Pro on August 8, 2025 at Teahupoo, Tahiti, French Polynesia.(Photo by Brent Bielmann/World Surf League via Getty Images)
Parachutes drop humanitarian aid over the Rafah area amid a severe blockade.Israel, in Rafah, Gaza, on August 09, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A nun tends to a young girl’s bruised knee at a monastery that serves as a community hub for those displaced by the war at the order’s monastery in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025.(Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)
An Afghan girl drinks water from a hand pump.Fayzabad district, Afghanistan,in Badakhshan province on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)
Children cool off in a portable pool during a heatwave in a low-income neighborhood.,in Manshiyet Nasser shanty town, Al-Duwayqa, in Cairo, Egypt, on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
Relatives mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as bodies are prepared for burial at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A girl holds a placard during a rally calling for the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia,Kyiv, Ukraine, August 15, 2025.(Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
