Reuters images of the year 2012 - Children

A boy performs a Mallakhamb pose on a pole at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai, Oct 21, 2012. Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words "malla", which means athlete or strong man, and "khamba", which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body , but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. [Photo/Agencies]

A boy stands near the coffins of some of the victims of a bus crash in Switzerland, during a ceremony at the Sint Pieters church in Leuven, March 22, 2012. A bus carrying a Belgian school party home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Sierre in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on March 14. The bus transported 52 people, mostly school children from Heverlee and Lommel in Belgian Flanders. [Photo/Agencies]