Children have fun at the FIFA Football Festival in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 19. FIFA, having had no presence in Somalia for the last 26 years, today held its first training session in Mogadishu since the country fell into civil war. Illegal under al Shabab, football has made a huge comeback in Somalia, with Mogadishu's streets literally filling up with children each afternoon as they come out to play the game. AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.

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