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12 Glimpses of Games Around the World
People of all ages pass time in friendly competition.
Moise Metellus, left back, 11, and Jamie Jacquet, 10, play chess and Islanda Pierre, front left, 13, and Junie Papouloute, 9, play Kay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Anne Myriam Bolivar,
GPJ
Haiti
Older adults sit on a falcha, a resting area also used for gatherings, events, and celebrations, and play Baghchal, a strategy board game, in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Sunita Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
From left, Vadivel Ketheeswaran, Yogeswaran Nithusan, Rakujoan James and Murugavel James play a carrom board game at Menik Farm, Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka.
Thayalini Indrakularasa,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Zakir Kha, left, and Meraj Kasgar play Ludo while Saeed Khan observes in Nepalgunj, Banke district, Nepal.
Amrita Jaisi,
GPJ
Nepal
Muhindo Masugho, left, and Jean Mufunuko play Awale, also called Oware, in Kirumba, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The traditional African board game is usually played with pawns, seeds or cowries.
Merveille Kavira Luneghe,
GPJ
Democratic Republic of Congo
Devyamshu Ghimire plays chess in the front garden of his house in Kakarbhitta, Jhapa district, Nepal.
Mayamitu Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
From left, Mario Iván Ruiz, Sophia Pincemin, Teo Magaña and Michelle Rosas Pincemin play Dungeons & Dragons at El Gato Centinela in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Marissa Revilla,
GPJ
Mexico
Batnyam Nyambayar, 6, performs cup stacking at a children's festival in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia.
Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu,
GPJ
Mongolia
Pararajasingham Thayaparan, left, and Nirmalan Nishanthan play Dam, a board game, at a market in Maruthanarmadam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Vijayatharsiny Thinesh,
GPJ
Sri Lanka
Iván MartÃnez, center, explains the rules of a game to Rodrigo Lazcano, left, and Alexander Gómez at La Caravana CDMX in Mexico City. The cafeteria offers drinks, snacks and more than 700 board games.
Mar GarcÃa,
GPJ
Mexico
Boda boda, or motorcycle taxi, drivers Joseph Banaleka, left, and Aloysius Musoke play Omweso while waiting for customers in Kiwanga, Mukono district, Uganda.
Beatrice Lamwaka,
GPJ
Uganda
From left, Shyam Bajracharya, Tarka Bista and Suraj Shrestha play chess at Thapathali Chess Park in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Yam Kumari Kandel,
GPJ
Nepal
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