As the new academic year begins, dozens of students sit on the ground of a house that has been converted into a school in war-torn Taiz, Yemen. In this poverty-stricken country, millions of children rarely get to sit in a chair or at a desk, or even go to school. As the country faces a new wave of Covid-19 cases, classrooms are overcrowded and the infrastructure is far from up to health standards.
Yemeni children return to school amid war and pandemic
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