Since 1995, children from 45 countries have produced more than 210 paintings inspired by a broad theme of peace. The five Ukrainian works shown this month not only depict hopes for peace.

"I was really overwhelmed by what happened - to raise that amount of money from one painting in one night," he said. Jafri started by putting out an appeal for children to send him their pictures ...

Some of his work is expected to go on display at an art exhibition at Harlow Civic Centre on 3 September. The children cut out the stencils and Pickles helps to paint the background Pickles' owner ...

The Supreme Council of Childhood has announced the winners of the Sharjah Award for Children's Paintings, with Ghilass Ghali of Libya winning first prize in the category for people with special needs.