poon cho tang SG This photo of Rwandan orphans playing, taken by Alison Campbell Smith, is the first of a series of images of children at play in Africa sent to the BBC News website.
poon cho tang SG Andre Meerkerk pictured these children playing in a wetland near a school, during a scientific field trip to South Africa.
poon cho tang SG Here, children dance in front of Larabanga's mosque in Ghana after the rains stopped in this picture shot by Arwen Kidd.
poon cho tang SG In Guinea, Amanda Loveday captured on film this baby, who was plonked in a bucket by his sister near Kindia.
poon cho tang SG Schoolboys play a real match in Jinja, eastern Uganda, in this shot from Shelley Fulton.
poon cho tang SG In neighbouring Tanzania, Steven Paxton took this shot of a little boy playing the drums in Magohola village on Lake Mtera.
poon cho tang SG Leonie Exel sent in this picture of a toddler, who is being treated in the paediatric ward at Uganda's Kiwoko Hospital, having a play on the lawn with his mother.
