Miriam Ramalho Brazil 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Children of the World Amateur "Cover" This boy was on his way home from some household chores when I asked him for a picture. He stopped and smiled with his eyes, giving me permission. Lomé, Togo, 2019.

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Kim Lien Dang USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Children of the World Amateur "Myanmar young monks" Myanmar young monks at White Temple.

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Manny Fajutag Philippines 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Children of the World Amateur "Little Shepherd" Nowadays mostly you can see kids are busy on their gadgets but this little boy in the remote area of Ethiopia instead of playing he is busy carrying a bunch of corn leaves to feed his cow

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Carol Smokler USA Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "A pensive Cambodian boy " At school along the Mekong

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Melissa Lackey USA Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Leo The Lion" The contre jour technique used here just makes this little lion's mane stand out even more.

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Miriam Ramalho Brazil Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Perfect Match" In a countryside of Bahia, Brazil, there is this big wall painted by a local artist. While I was appreciating it these two boys were coming and then I could click this match that speaks by itself.

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Calcutta, Ganges #5" He is the boss of our group !

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Vladimir Karamazov Bulgaria Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "The boy"

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Bangladesh, Cox Basar #8" Fun on the beach

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Bangladesh, Cox Basar #11" Food for my dad

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Grace Ho Malaysia Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Little Girl At Her Traditional Malay House" A little girl gazed at the strangers who entered to her village near East Coast of Malaysia

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Margo Ryan UK Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Solidarity" A young boy gently holds the younger boy’s hand as he leads him across the sand off their fishing village.

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Margo Ryan UK Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Apprehensive" A young boy glances up apprehensively from the barbers tall chair. Nepal

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Christian Boehm Germany Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "summer light" August 2021

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Melinda Goodall USA Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Jump for Joy" California's Pismo Beach Pier provides an inviting backdrop for this exuberant young girl.

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Michel Groleau Canada Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Goal" A ball, a bit of ambition and a lot of imagination: that's all it takes to feed a child's dreams in the streets of Panama City as anywhere else in the world.

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Markus Lockauer Austria Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "The Malagasy Fisher Boy" A little boy with his father's fishing net - Madagascar

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Keli Wakeley USA Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Daydreaming" This is an image of my daughter, I loved her daydreaming gaze and the perfect sunburst peaking through the oak trees. My goal was to capture her sweet face and beautiful brown eyes.

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Rene Bernal Philippines Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Playing in the jet plane" These children were having fun in this junk plane, a simple joy.

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Josef Buergi Switzerland Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Omo boy" Boy from the Suri tribe

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Igor Kostin Norway Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Daughter" Father and daughter time in studio.

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Pinu Rahman Bangladesh Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Childhood the beautiful station of Life" Children of Satkhira, Bangladesh are playing Football with fun in a ila affected locality where soil pattern makes a beautiful looks symmetry due to drought.

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Lynne Mass USA Honorable Mention Children of the World Amateur "Amish Children"

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Abhishek Nandy India Nominee Children of the World Amateur "She blooms"

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Aengus MacNeil USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Pow Wow Ice"

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Andre Mondou Canada Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Heads Up!" Heads Up in Porto Portugal next to the Ponte Luiz 1

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Bike Ride" Three little girls help each other to ride a bike in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

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Anirudh Koppula Australia Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Rainbow Spotted" Kids having the first glimpse of a full rainbow

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Contemplation!" These Masaai children were being observed in the classroom in Tanzania.

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Carles Ramos Spain Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Little gamer monk" The young monk plays with the phone during the Horse Festival (Litang, Xina)

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Fishing Neighborhoods" Azores, Portugal

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Carol Smokler USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Young student monks" Cambodia

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Carol Rusinek Canada Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Inquisitive"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Lily's First Ride" Lily, a third generation rider to be.

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Children of the World Amateur "The Boring days of Detente" A Russian boy dressed as a Russian soldier during a World war 2 commemoration ceremony in Zejtun Malta

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Christian Boehm Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "the lightness of being" September 2021

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Cristiano Di Gioia Italy Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Red crocodile "

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David Poznic USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "In Case You Were Wondering" A surprising moment captured during a soccer match between young monks at the Pal Karma Zurmang Shedup Chokhor Ling Lingdum Monastery in Sikkim, India.

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Diane Silverman USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Take My Picture"

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Elizabeth Schatz Canada Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Beauty in the City"

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Estevao Lafuente Portugal Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Top Ten"

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Frances Swirsky USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Hill Tribe Child" At a Temple in Northern Thailand I descended a stairway and there was this beautiful child. I loved the way the shadow of the tassles fell faintly across her face.

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Gabriela Landa USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Little Red Riding Hood" Amid a city, the girl is embraced by nature-alone, yet within abundance. A nostalgic image, yet a situation full of possibilities for the future. Vibrant in red-greens, it is also symbolic. iPhone

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Child in the box" I took this photograph in a night market in Luang Prabang (Laos). The mother of this child, a seller of fabrics, unable to look after the baby as she is busy selling her goods, has found nothing bette

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Henri Mattocks Malta Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Fun Day" What a wonderful world! Seeing children full of life and enjoying themselves

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Mother & Daughter - Fes" Mother & Daughter - Fes

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Jane Strisik USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "At the Dog Parade " B.B.F.

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Cry Baby" A crying little child (possibly camera shy too) at very busy market in Takeo, Cambodia.

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Jovelino Matos Almeida Portugal Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Girl with Happy swater" at the main square of Kathmandu I felt somebody touching me and I looked down shooting unconsciousl

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JT Schube USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "omo"

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Judy Nussenblatt USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Diego"

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Juliana Muronda USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Camera Boy" Let me Capture the moment

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karen M Smith USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Cardboard window"

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Kordian Waronski Poland Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Village life" Morning break in one of the remote villages in Myanmar.

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Kye Bonofiglio Australia Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Simple things" Run like the wind young one.

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Lawrence Russ USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Slugger"

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Fire Flies" Queenstown, MD, Independence Day Celebration

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Fair Pay for Nurses"

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Lukasz Zietara Poland Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Three Hearts"

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Margo Ryan UK Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Joy" A young girl full of impish glee & joy collecting water. Burma

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Matteo Busetto Italy Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Passion beats Coronavirus" The second wave of COVID-19 and the quarantine couldn't stop this 4-year-old child's passion for drums!

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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Glimpse of Glinda" All around the world, children will always be enamored with bubbles

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Buffalo Dancer" Ojibwe dancer.

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Michael Mannix USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Surfing the Storm" Taken in the middle of a storm off of Isle of Palms South Carolina.

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Nicole Vittoria de Jager South Africa Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Portrait Of Raphael" Definitely not a bad apple. Loevenstein, Cape Town, 10th October 2021

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Paula Brasil Portugal Nominee Children of the World Amateur "worker's son" During the Indian festival Kumbh Mela, this worker did her work accompanied by her youngest son.

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Angola Tribes #12" Rest near the red body-powder

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "St. Martin Island, Bangladesh #9" In the class room

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Angola Tribes #2" Balloon Kids

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Woodoo Fun" Togo, Benin

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "In front of our house" Calcutta

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Calcutta, Slums #1" ' We live here ! '

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Calcutta #3" ' Ganges Kids ' , having fun !

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Prohaska Mark Daniel Austria Nominee Children of the World Amateur "running" i took this picture in Salzburg Austria this year

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Rivelea Citron USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "The Woodshed"

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Robin Zygelman USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Let's Play Ball" Havana, Cuba

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Satoru Nakahara Japan Nominee Children of the World Amateur "nostalgia" This photo was taken in Nagano of Japan in the late spring of May.Here is the hometown that the Japanese have forgotten.The children in the nature shown here talk in the back and remind and us of that

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SHM Mushfiqul Alam Bangladesh Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Siblings" Children play inside a colorful painted house in alpona village in chapainawabganj, Bangladesh.

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Playing on the Water Truck" Playtime is not directed in Kenya - they make it up where they can...

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Steve Majsak USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Millenium Dancers" Student Dancers Leaping for Joy in Chicago's Millenium Park

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Tim Owen USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Girl in Red Dress" I was doing street photography in Bengaluru when this young girl emerged from her basement home to have a look. She was wearing a beautiful red dress, which was in stark contrast to her surroundings.

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Viet Van Tran Vietnam Nominee Children of the World Amateur "New lesson" A teacher was guiding three pupils five measures to prevent Covid-19 pandemic such as wearing face masks, social distancing, doing health declaration, washing hands, don’t gather with many people. T

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Vladimir Karamazov Bulgaria Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Muddy childhood" This is one of the Roma ghettos in Bulgaria. Near the capital. There, the children live in misery, in rubbish and mud. Forgotten by God? No, forgotten by the state and society.

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Wayne Thornbrough USA Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Halloween 1" They deserve candy!

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Winfried Alberti Germany Nominee Children of the World Amateur "Dancing Young Girls in Havana" Once a week, groups of young girls and boys and their coaches meet in a square in front of the Rumba School in Havana to compete in a group competition.

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