Summer is a glorious time for kids. The warmer weather and break from school brings possibilities for outdoor play, sports, fun in the water and more.
We’ve rounded up some breathtaking photos of kids enjoying the season around the world, from the U.S. to India to Greenland to Chile. The warm season falls at different times of the year in different parts of the globe (and summer vacation lengths vary), but as these images show, the joy of summertime fun is consistent.
Keep scrolling to see 22 magical photos of pure kid bliss before school starts back again.
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Two boys jump into the water of the Starnberger See lake in Starnberg, southern Germany, on July 10, 2016.
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Children play in a fountain during a hot summer day in Santiago's main square, on February 2, 2016.
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A young boy cools off in a spray from a fire truck in Washington, DC on June 12, 2016.
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An Iranian child raises his hands at sunset at a beach in the Caspian Sea port city of Mahmoud Abad, in northern Mazandaran province on June 16, 2016.
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Children play amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk, Greenland, June 5, 2016.
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Pakistani children take a bath in a canal to beat the heat during hot weather in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan in early summer 2016.
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Justin Allen plays with his children Noah and Gabriel while his wife Melissa and Cory Forbrook look on in front of their home on June 18, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Children do basic training at a children's dance training center on June 26, 2016 in Bozhou, Anhui Province of China.
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In this photograph taken on June 17, 2016, Afghan children cool off in a canal on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Children play next to a fountain in downtown Rome on July 9, 2016.
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Children play in the waters of Guanabara Bay at Bica beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 10, 2016.
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Children play football near their home in New Delhi on June 28, 2016.
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Children play in bubbles at Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden in early summer 2016 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China.
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Kashmiri children enjoy the amusement rides laid on especially for the Eid-Al-Fitr celebration on July 7, 2016 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir.
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Kids attend celebrations marking International Children's Day in Theatre Square in Moscow, Russia on June 1, 2016.
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A child plays in the sprinklers at a playground on May 29, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York City.
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Children enjoy a swimming in Masuri River on yet another scorching day in Ghaziabad, India in early summer.
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Girls at a playground of the Kids in the Big City summer camp organized by the Children's Center of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Russia on June 1, 2016.
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The 11th annual Bubble Battle drew more than one hundred combatants as it returned to Union Square Park's south this year in homage to the Dr Seuss Classic, "The Butter Battle Book" in New York on June 11, 2016.
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Children playing at the historic Jama Masjid lawn near Red Fort in New Delhi after the Eid-ul-Fitr morning prayer today on July 6, 2016.
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