Team Lebanon member, from left, Shadi El-Aridi, Wissam Malaeb and Kareem Kawtharani fix their robot during the FIRST Global Challenge, international annual robotics game on. When they weren’t cheering, hundreds of teens from 157 countries mingled, chatted and leaned in for selfies in the sweltering corridors of the concert hall at the first international Global Challenge competition. Afghanistan team member Kawsar Roshan during the during the FIRST Global Challenge, international annual robotics game. “You have to put politics aside,” said Lilit Tarumyan, a 16-year-old team member. And even when we didn’t get it, we worked hard,” said Bah, who added that he was just excited to see Gambia represented in the international competition.

Source: Washington Post July 18, 2017 23:08 UTC