The image captures an outdoor scene in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, featuring one adult male interacting with approximately 15-20 children

The image captures an outdoor scene in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, featuring one adult male interacting with approximately 15-20 children. The environment consists of red-brown dirt ground, sparse green foliage, and distant green mountains under a clear sky. A slender tree trunk with leaves is visible on the right side. In the immediate foreground, four young children are engaged with two adjacent rectangular game boards, resembling a Mancala-style game, laid on the ground. The boards contain multiple depressions filled with small, light green, spherical game pieces. A child wearing a light brown t-shirt and dark jeans sits cross-legged to the left of the boards. Another child, in a black tank top and dark shorts, kneels to the right of the boards, holding a long, thin wooden stick upright with their right hand. A third child, dressed in a vibrant yellow, green, and red patterned shirt, sits with legs extended to the right, looking upwards towards the adult. The fourth child, wearing a light brown hooded sweatshirt and patterned shorts with a cartoon image on the back pocket, lies prone on their stomach, facing the game boards. This child wears light-colored flip-flops on both feet. All children in the foreground appear to have dusty limbs. An adult male with a dark complexion, wearing a red t-shirt, a light-colored utility vest with a visible emblem on the left chest, dark blue jeans, and white sneakers, stands behind the foreground children. He is bent forward, looking down towards the game, holding a blue object (possibly a notebook or tablet) in his left hand, with his right hand slightly extended. In the mid-ground and background, approximately 10-15 other children of various ages, dressed in diverse casual clothing, stand in a loose group, observing the ongoing activity. Simple structures are partially visible in the far-right background.