Minas, Uruguay

The rural Agustin Ferreira school on the outskirts of the city has just 12 students, aged four to 11, and one teacher, Ana Dorrego. Activities include milking cows, planting vegetables and cooking

Photograph: Andres Stapf/Reuters

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• Abidjan, Ivory Coast

  
  Teacher Kahon Rochel with pupils at the the EPV Sinai primary school

  Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

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• Cushendall, Northern Ireland

  
  Primary 7 pupils from Glenann school in the Glens of Antrim pose for a picture with teacher and school principal Mr Close

  Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

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• Van Chai, Vietnam

  
  Nguyen Thi Phuong, who has lived in the village for 23 years, teaches a third grade class in the Dong Van district north of Hanoi without books or electricity. She teaches the children in the local Hmong language

  Photograph: Kham/Reuters

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• Islamabad, Pakistan

  
  Third grade students at the Mashal Model school in the village of Bari Imam. Founded by Zeba Husain, the school caters for children from underprivileged families. Many of the children support their families by working as street vendors and car washers

  Photograph: Caren Firouz/Reuters

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• Panama City, Panama

  
  Year 10 students attend a maritime vocational programme at Artes y Oficios Melchor Lasso de la Vega school

  Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

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• Manacapuru, Brazil

  
  Children of Sahu Ape village, Amazonas state, in a classroom at the Satere Mawe Indian tribe school

  Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters

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• Kiev, Ukraine

  
  Art teacher Hanna Snitko with final-year students, aged 16 to 17, at the Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum

  Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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• Soweto, South Africa

  
  Teacher Reginald Sikhwari with his class of grade 11 students at Sekano-Ntoane school

  Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

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• Harrow on the Hill, UK

  
  Students in Dr Hugh McCormick’s lower sixth politics division sit in their classroom in Old schools at Harrow school. Notable old Harrovians include Winston Churchill, King Hussein of Jordan, Lord Byron and Benedict Cumberbatch

  Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

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• Bogotá, Colombia

  
  Fr Juan Humberto Cruz with fourth-grade students at Semillas de Esperanza (Seeds of Hope) school in Soacha

  Photograph: John Vizcaino/Reuters

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• Rabat, Morocco

  
  The start of the new school year for teacher Moulay Ismael Lamrani and his class at Oudaya primary school

  Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

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• Boston, US

  
  Seventh grade Latin class with teacher Elizabeth Moguel at Boston Latin school, the oldest public school in the US, founded in 1635

  Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

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• Manaus, Brazil

  
  Children at the floating Municipal school São José II pose for a picture along the Amazon river bank

  Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters

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• Rafah, Gaza Strip

  
  Mohammed Zurob marks a book for his first grade students during an English lesson at Taha Huseen elementary school

  Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

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• London, UK

  
  Irena Chmura teaches children in the Salusbury World class. Salusbury World is a charity that supports refugee and asylum seeking children and families. Established in 1999, it was the first refugee centre to be set up within a primary school

  Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

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• Jalalabad, Afghanistan

  
  Teacher Mahajera Armani and her class of girls at their open-study area, founded by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

  Photograph: Parwiz/Reuters

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• Tokyo, Japan

  
  First grade students and teacher Teruko Takakusaki give thanks before lunch at Takinogawa elementary school

  Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

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• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  
  Tahfiz, or Qur’anic, students recite the Qur’an in Madrasah Nurul Iman boarding school outside the capital city. There are 36 male students at the madrasah, aged from from 11 to 18

  Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters

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• New Delhi, India

  
  Teacher Archana Shori and seventh grade students at Rukmini Devi public school

  Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

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• Bujumbura, Burundi

  
  A teacher leads a class at the École Primaire Avé Maria

  Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

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• Mafraq, Jordan

  
  Teacher Hanan Anzi with Syrian refugee students inside their classroom at one of the Unicef schools at Zaatari refugee camp, near the border with Syria

  Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

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• Moscow, Russia

  
  10th grade students at Gymnasium 1567 school with their history teacher Tamara Eidelman

  Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

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• Bermeo, Spain

  
  A class from the San Frantzisko public primary school, in the Basque fishing town, with teacher Marisa Solaguren

  Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

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• Kabul, Afghanistan

  
  Students in 11th grade at Zarghona high school

  Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

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