Photos: International Children’s Day
June 1, 2013
Children play with an actor on stilts during a celebration marking the International Children's Day at Dvortsovaya (Palace) square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Russia Children's Day )
Members of the Italian street theatre "Pavana" perform during the 8th City Children's Carnival in the centre of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk June 1, 2013. Thousands of children, their relatives and teachers took part in the procession to celebrate International Children's Day, acording to local media. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin ( RUSSIA/ )
A child plays on a sticky wall as others jump on an inflatable balloon bouncer on International Children's Day organized by the Chinese Foreign Affairs Office at Children's Palace of Dongcheng district in Beijing Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( APTOPIX China Children Day )
Children and their parents watch as a folk artist breathes fire during a performance ahead of International Children's Day in Kaifeng, Henan province May 31, 2013. International Children's Day falls on June 1. Picture taken May 31, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily ( CHINA/ )
A boy plays with bubbles at a park in Beijing on June 1, 2013 . Tens of thousands of children celebrate the International Children's Day in China. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images ( 520216930 )
A girl flies a kite at a park in Beijing on June 1, 2013 . Tens of thousands of children celebrate the International Children's Day in China. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images ( 520216884 )
A Mongolian family attends a carnival to celebrate International Children's Day at the Mongolian town of Bayangol on June 1, 2013. Mongolia, along with current and former Communist countries, celebrates their Children's Day on June 1. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 520213533 )
Children play during the 8th City Children's Carnival in the centre of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk June 1, 2013. Thousands of children, their relatives and teachers took part in the procession to celebrate International Children's Day, acording to local media. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin ( RUSSIA/ )
This photo taken on on May 31, 2013, Mongolian children dance outside the Parliament building during events to celebrate International Children's Day in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Mongolia along with current and former Communist countries celebrates their Children's Day on June 1. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 520214229 )
A girl prepares to buy a balloon along a street outside a park in Beijing on June 1, 2013 . Tens of thousands of children celebrate the International Children's Day in China. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images ( 520216916 )
The crowd laughs as a foreign tourist (bottom R) is thrown from a mechanical bull at a carnival to celebrate International Children's Day at the Mongolian town of Bayangol on June 1, 2013. Mongolia is becoming a popular destination for adventure tourists despite its short season due to its extreme winter. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 520212018 )
Children take part in a mock military parade at an amusement park in Pyongyang to mark International Children's Day, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 1, 2013. Mandatory Credit. REUTERS/Kyodo ( KOREA-NORTH/ )
A child shoots an arrow at an effigy of a U.S. soldier at an amusement park in Pyongyang to mark International Children's Day, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 1, 2013. Mandatory Credit. REUTERS/Kyodo ( KOREA-NORTH/ )
Afghan child labourers eat corn while taken a break at a motorcycle mechanic shop in Jalalabad, eastern Nangarhar province, during Children's Day on June 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan, driven by poverty, work on the streets of the war-torn country's cities and often fall prey to Taliban bombings and other violence, as well as abuse. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images ( 520210746 )
Afghan child labourers carry water at a mechanics shop in Ghazni city, during Children's Day on June 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan, driven by poverty, work on the streets of the war-torn country's cities and often fall prey to Taliban bombings and other violence, as well as abuse. RAHMATULLAH ALIZADA/AFP/Getty Images ( 520212817 )
Rick Dell, director of Baseball Development in Asia for Major League Baseball (MLB), left, teaches a Chinese boy how to bat during an event held at a shopping mall, on International Children's Day in Beijing Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Children's Day )
Rick Dell, director of Baseball Development in Asia for Major League Baseball (MLB), left, cheers a Chinese boy during an event held at a shopping mall, on International Children's Day in Beijing Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Children's Day )
Rick Dell, director of Baseball Development in Asia for Major League Baseball (MLB), center, teaches a Chinese boy how to bat during an event held at a shopping mall, on International Children's Day in Beijing Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Children's Day )
Children take part in the 8th City Children's Carnival in the centre of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk June 1, 2013. Thousands of children, their relatives and teachers took part in the procession to celebrate International Children's Day, acording to local media. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin ( RUSSIA/ )
Mongolian children attend a carnival to celebrate International Children's Day at the Mongolian town of Bayangol on June 1, 2013. Mongolia, along with current and former Communist countries, celebrates their Children's Day on June 1. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 520213537 )
A boy walks past actors on stilts during a celebration marking the International Children's Day at Dvortsovaya (Palace) square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( APTOPIX Russia Children's Day )
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