Five children are gathered on a reddish-brown dirt ground in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, engaged in playing a wooden Mancala-style board game

Five children are gathered on a reddish-brown dirt ground in Ngalula, Democratic Republic of the Congo, engaged in playing a wooden Mancala-style board game. A sixth person's legs and feet are partially visible in the upper background. Centrally, a child in a tan shirt and shorts crouches, actively moving small green game pieces within the pits of the board. To the immediate left, a child in a light skirt kneels. Directly across the board, a child in an orange shirt sits, observing, while a child in a dirty light-colored shirt sits above the board. A child with their back to the camera, wearing a blue shirt with "RONALDO 7" and "Hala Madrid!" on the back, sits on the lower right. A tree trunk is visible on the right side of the frame. The scene is an outdoor, unpaved area.