Arshia is an Iranian asylum seeker who lives in Liverpool and the picture of the schoolboy in the blue and black kit of his club Kingsley United has won a photography award held by Spanish football giants Barcelona. Arshia is an asylum seeker from Iran now living in Liverpool while he waits for his refugee status to be assessed. Pictures whcih made it to the final include one of children playing football on a flooded field in the Amazon, masked Palestinians playing football on the streets in Bethlehem and an Indian child playing cricket. Taken in October 2016, this is a picture of masked Palestinian youths playing football at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Nobody was immediately available from Kingsley United to talk about the photograph of Arshia winning the Barcelona award.

Source: CNN June 22, 2017 15:56 UTC