Afghan children play football in front of the ruined Buddha in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Dec, 6. 2016. Both the 53-meter and 35-meter tall Buddhas carved in the fourth and fifth centuries by devotees into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley were vandalized by Taliban militants in March 2001, leading to harsh criticism and strong oppositions by both Afghan and the international community. (Xinhua/Jawid Omid)
