By Chris Wright
Football in it’s purest form…
Exiled Tibetan children play football in the rain in a school yard in Dharmsala, India
A Somali boy plays football in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia
Qatari children play football outside their mosque
Children play football on the fringes of the Corail refugee camp for victims of the Haiti earthquakes on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince
Iraqi children play football in the streets of Baghdad’s Fadhil district
Children play football in the Salgueiro slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Two brothers play football as the rain lashes down in Havana Bay, Cuba
Children run after a football at another refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Children play football on a floating pitch in the harbour of Ascona, Switzerland
A young ‘keeper makes a save during a kick-about on the outskirts of Mendoza, Argentina
Children gather to play football as night falls over the steep hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
English kids have a kick-about outside Valley Parade before Bradford’s pre-season friendly against Bolton
The children of the 33 trapped Chilean miners play football in the temporary camp set up for relatives at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile
Children play football as the vast Parliament building in Kabul is being constructed in the background, Afghanistan
Children play football on one of the hottest days on record in the Mayan community of Tabi on the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
Two boys play football in a temporary refugee camp after the earthquake in Lorca, Spain
A Palestinian child poses for a photo while his friends play football next to Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank town of Abu Dis, on the outskirts of Jerusalem
Children play football in front of the shell-damaged Darul Aman Palace in the suburbs of Kabul, Afghanistan
Young children train at the Estrella de Maldonado club (who boast Marcelo Gallardo, Maxi Lopez, Diego Latorre and Javier Saviola as early alumni) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Children play football right next to the Pacific Ocean in Panama City, Panama
Children play football in a dusty street bordering a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan
A child arrives and changes into his kit at a training session in El Algarrobal, on the outskirts of Mendoza, Argentina
Syrian refugee children run with a football in a newly opened camp in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province, Turkey
Afghan children chase a football through the streets in the old part of the city in Kabul, Afghanistan
Children turn-out for a practice session at a stadium on the outskirts of New Delhi, India
Children play football in front the ‘Maine’ building in Havana, Cuba
Children attend a free football clinic near a camp for people displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Palestinian children play football next to ruins of houses destroyed during Israel’s three-week offensive in Gaza
Members of 15 Squadron RAF Regiment play football with children on one of the last patrols during combat operations by the British in Basra Province, Iraq
Two lads play football on a bridge in front of the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro
Photos: PA