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Afghan refugee children played on a swing on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Ahmad Masood/Reuters
The South Pasco Predators Tiny Mite-Gold Team play football in Florida. Keri Wiginton/NEWSCOM/FILE
In Johannesburg, South Africa, children played outside their home on the dirt road. Many of the children had been adopted by Olga Thimebla and Pontsho Monamodi, and have mothers who died of AIDS. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff/FILE
Bulgarian children spun fireballs during a celebration of 'Mesni Zagovenzi,' in the village of Lozen near the captial Sofia, Bulgaria. Petar Petrov/AP/FILE
On Mud Day in Westland, Mich., in July, the Wayne County Parks and Recreation makes a mud pit and gives children one fun day to play in the mud. Carlos Osorio/AP/FILE
Third baseman Daiki Murase of Tokyo, Japan, fielded a ground ball against the Lake Charles, Louisiana, team during the consolation game of the Little League World Series in South Willamsport, Pa., in August. Tim Shaffer/Reuters
Children played with noodles at the Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, Pa. Matt Rourke/AP
Bedouin children rode their camels during the Al Suez camel race in Ain Musa, northwest of Cairo, on Nov. 4. Amr Dalsh/Reuters
In Birmingham, Ala., children of the Gardner family play on the trampoline in the backyard. Beverly and Sam Gardner adopted 12 special-needs kids in addition to their four biological children. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff/FILE
Young Tibetan Buddhist monks played outside a monastery in Shimla, India, on Nov. 19. Anil Dayal/AP
In Argentina, where soccer is king, a young girl, Julieta, practiced tennis at a club in Buenos Aires. The recent success of Argentine tennis players is attracting more young athletes to the sport. Natacha Pisarenko/AP
After heavy rains in Mumbai, India, children played in a flooded park. Gautam Singh/AP
Louis Vogelstaetter from Lofer, Austria, played in the snow with his dog Anton at the Loferer Alm in the province of Salzburg. Kerstin Joensson/AP
Hazaras, an ethnic group, make up the majority of the population in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Here Hazara children played on a soccer goal convereted into a swing on a rocky plateau above the town. Mark Sappenfield/The Christian Science Monitor/FILE
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
Experts say the more creatively children play, the less lucrative it is for toy makers. They advocate returning to the games kids no longer play.
Once upon a time, a typical gift for a child was a set of blocks. Plain old blocks with no batteries or screens, no electronic voice asking to be friends, no game of Angry Birds somehow embedded in their cubic walls.
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