Primary school, Thet Kel Kyin village, Indaw area. Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Secondary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Village school near Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Floating school, Tonle Sap Lake, near Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

School children, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Jewish primary school, Paris, France, Europe

Sunday school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Girls studying in a medersa (koranic school), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Asia

Floating school, Tonle Sap Lake, near Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Floating school, Tonle Sap Lake, near Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school, Paris, France, Europe

Government painting school, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nursery school, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Soccer game in a school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Girls learning Arabic in a medersa (koranic school), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Girls learning Arabic in a medersa (koranic school), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Village school, near Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Local school in the volcanic caldera, Fogo (Fire), Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Local school in the volcanic caldera, Fogo (Fire), Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African schoolchildren, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Village school near Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Village school near Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

New school, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Primary school, Taroudan, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

School kids in a school in the remote area of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India, India, Asia

Girls studying in a medersa (koranic school), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Catholic nun teaching in a secondary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Old School buildings from Kings College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tailoring workshop in a Catholic high school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Secondary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Local school, Nekena village, Mali, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Christian school, Annecy, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Secondary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Pupils in uniform going to school with notebooks in plastic bags, in the area of Kisoro, near the Rwanda border, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister bincy joseph.Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

TANZANIA Saint Joseph's Millenium Secondary School, Dar es Salaam. photograph by Sean Sprague

Cambodia sen sok primary school. anlon knang, a resettlement area outside phnom penh where poor people were moved when their inner city slum was developed

Students entering Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

School girl, Goa, India, Asia

Students entering Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Harrow School, Harrow, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister jane thennattil (director).Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Education, ethiopia. Elementary school at meki

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

Thailand steven moses, director of nccm, with burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

Drugs, bulgaria teenagers at drug awareness program in high school no. 35, sofia

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Ethiopia catholic elementary school at adaga, irop, tigray

Philippines a high school in quezon city, manila

Ghana children eating luncg supplied by crs bolgatanga

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani

South sudan lutaya primary school, constructed and financed by jesuit refugee services since 2005, yei. lesson taking place in one of the classrooms. some classes have over 100 children. most classes do not have desks or seats. children often bring their own stools to sit on

Kenya. Christ the king catholic secondary school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Education, somalia. Eyl is a town in somalias puntland state. The prominent clan in eyl district are yonis idiris, a sub-clan of isse mahamud, which in turn is a sub-clan of majeerteen. Eyl is near the hafun peninsula, the location of most of somalias casualties from the 2004 indian ocean tsunami., the tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan

Eyl is a town in somalias puntland state. The prominent clan in eyl district are yonis idiris, a sub-clan of isse mahamud, which in turn is a sub-clan of majeerteen. Eyl is near the education, somalia. Hafun peninsula, the location of most of somalias casualties from the 2004 indian ocean tsunami., the tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Ethiopia day care pre-school run by good shepherd sisters for needy children, addis ababa

Kenya kibagare centre, a catholic run school in nairobi

Education, ethiopia. A rural elementary school run by the catholic church in the village of grabafila

Students entering Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ethiopia children praying and eating lunch at the bethlehem centre pre school and day care, addis ababa

Education, pakistan. Punjab. Maths class using traditional methods in a primary state school

Fritz B. Burns Building, architect Frank Gehry, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

Cambodia ang chun primary school, kampot province.

Vietnam hoa binh primary school in vinh long province. children in school practice cheerleading

Ghana school (supported by crs) bolgatanga

Nicaragua primary school managua

South sudan loka womens association. tailoring workshop. women using sewing machines

Thailand burmese muslim refugee school at mae sot

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani

Thailand burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

Andrews School in Bristol, a historic town in the east of the state, Bristol, Rhode Island, Usa