Children play football in Bujumbura, Burundi on March 19, 2015. (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)

This picture taken on October 20, 2016 shows students practising wushu at the Tagou martial arts school in Dengfeng. China is investing hugely in football training and has vowed to have 50 million school- age players by 2020, as the ruling Communist party eyes “football superpower” status by 2050. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)

Colombia's goalkeeper #01 Catalina Perez (R) makes a save during the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup Group H football match between Colombia and South Korea at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney on July 25, 2023. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)

Danish football fans react to their team's first goal as they watch the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-final football match between England and Denmark on the giant screen in Tivoli in Copenhagen, on July 7, 2021. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AFP Photo)

A longhorn steer approaches a bystander after it got loose, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Fairview Township, Pa. Authorities managed to corral the animal and successfully recaptured it. (Photo by Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP Photo)

Sustainable development goal target 12.5 is to reduce waste. But with a planet increasingly dependent on technology, is that even possible? As of today, over 30m tonnes of electronic waste has been thrown out so far this year, according to the World Counts. Most e-waste is sent to landfills in Asia and Africa where it is recycled by hand, exposing the people who do it to environmental hazards. Kai Loeffelbein’s photographs of e-waste recycling in Guiyu, southern China show what happens to discarded computers. (Photo by Kai Loeffelbein/laif Agentur)

Women's International Football, England team train for England v France match. Picture shows young footballer Jeannie Allott. Jeannie Alott was England youngest ever female goal scorer. At the age of sixteen years, and one day, she scored in the first official England v Scotland match in Greenock, Scotland on the 18th November 1972. Scotland (2) – England (3) Picture taken 6th November 1974. (Photo by Monte Fresco/Mirrorpix)

Britain Soccer Football, West Ham United vs Manchester United, Barclays Premier League, Old Trafford on May 10, 2016. Police play football with a young West Ham fan before the match. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Reuters/Livepic)