Global children with their favorite toys

Toyssssss Gabriele Galimberti photographed children around the world posed with their favorite toys and possessions. At top, Pavel (Kiev, Ucraina). Above, Maudy (Kalulushi, Zambia) and Noel (Dallas, Texas). "Toy Stories"

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This seems like a combination “serious kid/kentucky” site. I find it fascinating, yet just a bit disturbing. C’mon kids, you should be playing with that fun-looking stuff!
http://profiles.google.com/spacewatcer Marios P.

The kid with the guns is kinda terryfying. And the bob hat doesn’t fit in the collection. I wonder where is he from US or UK?
Edit: Neither. Kiev damn!
the stark diferences between the wealthy and the poor kids make me so damn sad
- CH
  
  “At top, Pavel (Kiev, Ucraina).”
- adonai
  
  However, it’s telling which kids seem happier with what they have…
  - http://twitter.com/sirkowski Sirkowski
    
    It’s telling, because we all know being poor is awesome.
- Boundegar
  
  Holy crap! Somebody suspend that kid, pronto!
Trefunk

*Ukraine.
alesloan

Who spells Ukraine as “Ucraina”? Weird!

But yeah, the contrast is astonishing, yet you can still see prevailing patterns (e.g. that boys like speed and weapons)…
- David Pescovitz
  
  Um, people who speak Italian.
  - Trefunk
    
    Next: photo of a boy from Chicago, Stati Uniti d’America
chgoliz

That girl from Haiti: one doll with 4 dresses, and the rest of the “toys” are plastic hair clips and ponytail holders. When I look at some of these photos, I think “toy” is being translated into “something that is specifically mine instead of being for the whole family”.

What’s with the girl from Utah, who supposedly only has about 8 bats (and one ball)?
- gandalf23
  
  title says “favorite toys” not only toys.
- http://twitter.com/ocschwar ocschwar
  
  It’s Utah. If your ball lands near rattlers, you get a home run. But you don’t get your ball back
http://www.legrandbazart.com sigismund

when you say “global”, you mean : “outside western world” ? I remember Gilberto Gil interviewed : “the Roman used to call “the world”, the roman empire ; everything else was outside the world. Now you call “world music” everything that’s OUTSIDE your empire.”
- L_Mariachi
  
  Pretty sure Texas, Colorado, Alaska, Iceland, Italy, Sweden, and Utah are considered parts of the “western world.” (We are looking for a nice world to take Texas off our hands though.)
  
  Interesting to see that girls’ toys are boring and stupid everywhere.
http://profile.yahoo.com/OMHO6ER5QJE3SIZ35VAXIRCLYM Stephan

That girl from Bali is a true American patriot.