Photos: Games people play around the world
In these days of iPads and TVs, there's still the simple pleasure of getting out and playing games.
Myanmar Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 photo, an airborne Buddhist monk kicks a rattan ball during a game of Chinlone in Kawhmu, Myanmar, southwest of Yangon. A combination of sport and dance, it is played between two teams of six players each, passing the ball back and forth with their feet, knees or heads. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
China Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 photo, a girl holds an umbrella as she skips rope during a rain shower at a park in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Peru Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Saturday, June 20, 2015 photo, a boy runs while playing with a motorcycle wheel in Samugari, Ayacucho, Peru. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
France Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 photo, Andrea throws a boule during an amateur Petanque match in Paris. In the game, the goal is to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball, called a "cochonnet" (piglet), while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
California Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Friday, June 26, 2015 photo, players battle for the puck as a referee, above, watches during the underwater hockey national championships in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
China Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Sunday, June 28, 2015 photo, a man spins a top mount with an inflatable ball during a public sport campaign to promote exercise at Garden Expo Park in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
New Hampshire Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Thursday, July 2, 2015 photo, Madi Clark, 8, of Ottawa, makes a move against her brother, Connor, while playing checkers on a giant game board at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
South Africa Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Monday, July 6, 2015 photo, a child pushes a friend in a home-made go-kart in the Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa. The vehicle was built with recycled wood, plastic containers and old nails. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Mideast Iraq Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, Kurdish men discuss which hat to pick up while playing a game of Klawane in Irbil, Iraq. The traditional Iraqi Kurdish game is only played after Iftar during Ramadan. Two teams of four compete, where one team hides a ring in a traditional hat. The other team has to guess in which hat the ring is hidden. The team that hides the ring scores points for each hat that is leftover after the other team finds the ring. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
Las Vegas Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, people play blackjack in a pool at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Hong Kong Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, a girl climbs on a bar marked with noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) at a park in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
India Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, children play marbles in the village of Mayong, east of Gauhati, India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hong Kong Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, a woman holds the leash of her dog as she practices slacklining on a street in Central, Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Nepal Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 photo, a boy arranges disks for a game of carrom during break time at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
South Africa Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 photo, Ellen Rathobotha, plays a indigenous game called "Diketo" in in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, South Africa. In the game, which requires good hand-eye coordination, stones are placed in a circle or a square and each player then tries to grab the most stones, throw them in the air and catch them in one hand until all the stones are back in the circle or square. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Italy Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this July 9, 2015 photo, a young skater falls as he plays in a skate park in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Georgia Games People Play Photo Gallery
In this Saturday, July 11, 2015 photo, children play hide and seek in Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP Photo/Tinatin Kiguradze)
Spain Games People Play Photo Gallery
SPANISH LAW REQUIRES THE FACES OF MINORS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN SPAIN - In this Tuesday, June 16, 2015 photo, a group of children play with their spinning tops outside of their National College in Pamplona, northern Spain. After many years forgotten, the Spanish children are returning to games played in years gone by. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)