School children riding in a rickshaw in Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Medersa Ben Youssef, Moorish architecture of Islamic School, UNESCO, Marrakech, Morocco

Workshop exhibition room at Dar Sanaa, Arts and Crafts school, Tetouan, Rif mountains, Morocco

Preparing a horse to be ridden at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, Jerez, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Man training a white horse at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, Jerez, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Muranese instructor teaching to a group of students the lampworking technique to make glass beads, Abate Zanetti glass school, Murano island, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Student making a glass bead, Abate Zanetti glass school, Murano island, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Student of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake devastated area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Schoolboys at work during a Biology lesson at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal

School kids riding a cyclo on a busy street, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school on a dusty street with many children, Liwonde National Park, Malawi, Africa

Preparing a horse to be ridden at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, Jerez, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

A Bangladeshi woman teacher marks students books in a school in the slums of Dhaka (Dacca), Bangladesh, Asia

Wood model laboratory at Cercal footwear school, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Man training a white horse at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, Jerez, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

From paper pattern to the finished shoe in the making laboratory at Cercal footwear school, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Pupils in a classroom, African primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Wood model laboratory at Cercal footwear school, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Young girl copying some work from the chalkboard at Kaindi demonstration school in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Young monk at work at the school of the Buddhist religion in Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Wood model laboratory at Cercal footwear school, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Painting School, Boudhanath (Bodhnath) Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Aids education in school, Harar, Ethiopia, Africa

Local School being painted in the volcanic caldera, Fogo (Fire), Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic, Africa

Primary school, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Father de Tarragon looking at photographic plates at the French Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Wood model laboratory at Cercal footwear school, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Teacher at work in the pattern making laboratory at Cercal footwear school and research center, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Eye testing in a Dong village school, China, Asia

Teacher at work in the pattern making laboratory at Cercal footwear school and research center, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Primary school work, Paris, France, Europe

Jewish primary school, Paris, France, Europe

Local school, Nekena village, Mali, Africa

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

Indonesia muslim girls at a koranic -school in banda aceh. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Vietnam anti trafficking project at tra on in vinh long province in the mekong delta region of vietnam. many young people have succumbed to bein. for marriage or work in neighboring countries, and this project addresses the problem. in this image the vice-principal of tra on high school, ngoc bich, talks to a group of 12th graders about the problem

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Visiting a child headed family. Aromorach Sharon is the oldest girl and looks after her 6 younger siblings and her elederly grandmother. Her parents died of AIDS. Aged 14, she is a pupil of Obinya primary school. Sharon preparing a family meal by peeling sweet potatoes. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Tanzanian school boy making mud bricks. Kisangara, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Brazil leather being worked into a suitable quality for making handicrafts. a workshop event where small cattle farmers learn leathermaking skills to improve their incomes. organized by cedapp through iaf funding at the community of quiteria de araujo, tigre village near pesqueira, pernambuco

Tanzanian school boys making mud bricks. Kisangara, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Constructing a new training block for the Merchant Navy school on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Paraplegic student working with classmate in science classroom

Woman and man reading adhesive notes in office

Portrait of male teacher

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar

Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Nuns queuing for a meal, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Geishas and 'maikos' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school(Kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.

Geishas and 'maikos' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school(Kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.

Geishas and 'maikos' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school(Kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.

'maiko' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school (kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.

Geishas and 'maikos' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school(Kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Portrait of a battered women. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Girl practicing calligraphy, one of the selected children in the Children's Palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

Selected children practicing calligraphy in the Children's Palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

Portrait of Michelangelo, detail from the painting, The School of Athens by Raphael, Stanza della Signatura, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy, Europe

Selected children practicing calligraphy in the Children's Palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

KIT Art Gallery, Kunst im Tunnel, literally Art in the Tunnel, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

DEU, Germany, Essen: Traffic speed control in a speeding zone of 30 km/h near a school, with a laser measure gun. Daily police life. Officer from a city police station.

Aula de Cuina culinary school specializing in Catalonian cuisine, cooking class in Calella de Palafrugell, Costa Blanca, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Woodcarvings at the entrance of the university library, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Woodcarvings at the entrance of the university library, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Graffiti on school wall, fence, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, South America

Apprentice grinding with an angle grinder in the welding workshop during a welding course of the School of the Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Raphael, painting, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican chambers, Vatican Museums, Old Town, Vatican City, Italy, Europe

Specialist lecturer demonstrating a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine, Master Craftman School of the Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades for carpentry, Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Ceiling frescoes in the pilgrimage church in Steinhausen, one of the greatest masterpieces of the early rococo, main piece of the Wessobrunner School, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer of the First Viennese School

Entrance facade of the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, State Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Entrance facade of the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, State Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Light art at the SANAA building, Zollverein School, by Eva-Maria Joeressen, at the GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coking plant, Essen, North Rhine-Westphal

Entrance of the Kalivianis convent, orphanage, girl boarding school and retirement home, Crete, Greece, Europe

charts organic food lunch boxes

Woman using her laptop sitting bean bag

Mosaic mural, Moni Kalivianis convent, orphanage, girl boarding school and retirement home, Crete, Greece, Europe

Mosaic, Moni Kalivianis convent, orphanage, girl boarding school and retirement home, Crete, Greece, Europe

John Harvard statue, Harvard University Yard, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, USA

Painted interior of Abdul Aziz Chan Madrassah, Bukhara, Buchara, Silk Road, Unesco World Heritage Site, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Main Ivan, Ayvon of Sher Dor Madrasah, Registan Square in Samarkand, Unesco World Heritage Site, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-

Wall painting depicting hygiene measures, school for the deaf, Beliatta, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, South Asia, Asia

"Totems" landmark art installation created from more than 100 processed railway sleepers by Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola, situated on snow-covered mining waste heap Halde Haniel above the pit Prosper-Haniel in winter, Bottrop, North Rhine-