An outdoor scene in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, depicts approximately eleven children engaged in various activities on bare reddish-brown earth, against a backdrop of dense, dry green and brown vegetation

An outdoor scene in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, depicts approximately eleven children engaged in various activities on bare reddish-brown earth, against a backdrop of dense, dry green and brown vegetation. In the foreground, a group of five children sits on the ground. A girl in a dark top and patterned trousers is centrally positioned, holding playing cards and interacting with three other children who are also holding cards or observing. To her left, a boy in a light orange shirt sits with yellow sandals. To her right, a boy in an orange shirt sits, looking at cards. Slightly behind and to the right of the card players, three additional children are gathered around a wooden board game, possibly a Mancala variant, with small stones or seeds arranged in its depressions. One child wears a light blue shirt and tan pants, another a patterned shirt. Further back, a taller boy in a light blue long-sleeved shirt and dark jeans stands, bent over a red bicycle with silver rims, appearing to adjust something on it. The bicycle is positioned on the ground. To his left, a young girl in a colorful patterned dress stands, looking downwards. A smaller boy in a white shirt and blue shorts stands behind her, facing the taller boy. To the right of the standing boy and bicycle, another boy in a green and yellow striped long-sleeved shirt and dark pants stands, holding a light-colored, possibly carved, wooden object in his right hand. The ground is uneven and covered with sparse dry debris, including small twigs and light-colored refuse. The distant background features a clear sky above the dense, varied foliage.