People stand on top of burnt-out armoured personal carrier near the city hall in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine May 10, 2014. At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes in the port city on Friday, two days before a referendum on self-rule that threatens to plunge the country into civil war. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Children play on the wreckage of a burnt vehicle at al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

Children play on an abandoned car near a protest, which is against the dissolution of Yemen's parliament and the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi militia's tightening grip on power, in the southwestern city of Taiz, February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

Afghan children play on the wreckage of an old Soviet armored vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan June 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Congolese children play on a destroyed military tank, abandoned by the M23 rebel fighters who surrendered in Kibumba, near the eastern town of Goma November 6, 2013. Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group on Tuesday called an end to a 20-month revolt after the army captured its last hilltop strongholds, raising hopes for peace in a region where millions have died in nearly two decades of violence. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) 

Children play on a damaged tank in Aleppo February 26, 2013. REUTERS/Giath Taha (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY) 

Afghan children play on a destroyed armoured vehicle in Kabul June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Children play on a destroyed armoured personnel carrier belonging to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Azaz, in northern Syria near the border with Turkey, October 8, 2012. REUTERS/Zain Karam (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY) 

Afghan children play on a destroyed Soviet tank in Jalalabad province, February 15, 2012. REUTERS/Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY) 

A Palestinian boy plays inside a destroyed Palestinian armoured personnel carrier after Israeli troops pulled out of the northern Gaza Strip March 3, 2008. Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday after days of fighting that killed more than 100 people and drew an appeal from Washington to end violence and rescue peace talks with the Palestinians. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA) 

An Afghan child plays atop a destroyed Russian airforce plane in Kabul,
June 27, 2003. Wars and internal conflicts has seen the rugged
country's economy and infrastructure in shambles, with millions of land
mines buried in farm land and factories in ruins. It is estimated that
Afghanistan will need as much as $30 billion over the next decade to
rebuild the infrastructure destroyed during 22 years of war. The Asian
Development bank has recently approved a $150 million loan to
Afghanistan which will be used for repairs and reconstruction of 450
kilometers of primary roads, power transmission lines in the northern
provinces and the electricity distribution system in Kabul.
REUTERS/Arko Datta REUTERS

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Chechen boys play on the wreckage of an armoured vehicle in the village of Sernovodsk December 17. Russia said on Friday it had resumed pounding the outskirts of the Chechen capital Grozny and rebel targets in the south, turning up the heat ahead of weekend parliamentary elections.

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