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Kids and teens all over the world are going back to school. But what used to be an exciting time for both children and parents is now filled with doubt, anxiety, and perhaps a little fear. After all, pupils across the globe are returning to the classroom under very different circumstances and the pandemic is not yet over.
In this gallery, we take you on a journey around the world, so that you can see how schools are preparing, and how students are coping, with the new normal. Click on.
Signs to maintain social distancing are seen at a school in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire, near Nantes, France.
Signs are placed in the schoolyard to help students keep social distancing in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
Social distancing signs are seen on stairs at a Parisian primary school.
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Students practice social distancing at the College Sasserno school in Nice, France.
A teacher instructs children to wash their hands in a Berlin school.
A classroom with pupils respecting social distancing and wearing masks, in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria.
Students sit in the classroom wearing protective face masks at D. Pedro V High School in Lisbon.
Students wear face masks and respect social distancing marks at a primary school in Jumet, Belgium.
A pupil sits in a classroom at a nursery school near Vercelli, Italy.
Students talk while respecting social distancing at a secondary school in Brussels-
A teacher eats with students inside a canteen at a school in Yichang, Hubei province.
Children use hoops for social distancing at L'Ecole des Petits in Fulham, London.
Students wear protective face masks during a music class at Takanedai Daisan elementary school in Funabashi, east of Tokyo.
Students of Sam Khok school wearing facial protection are seen inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions in Pathum Thani province, Thailand.
Students protected by face masks and plastic shields attend school in Solok, West Sumatra province, in Indonesia.
Kindergarten students eat at Wichuthit school in Bangkok.
Students and teachers respect social distancing at the Karl-Rehbein high school in Hanau, Germany.
First graders stand on marks for social distancing in Kyiv.
Direction markers are seen on a stairwell at Larramendi school in Mungia, Spain.
Children attend the first day of school in Warsaw.
Primary school students wear face masks in Belgrade.
Pupils arrive at the King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham, wearing protective masks.
Teachers and officials at Yung Wing Elementary PS 124 in New York City prepare the school for reopening.
A school worker measures a pupil's temperature at this school entrance in Jagnjilo, Serbia.
Pupils watch a video on how to wash their hands, at St John the Baptist Primary School in west Belfast.
Students wearing face masks arrive at Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania.
Back to school amid the pandemic
Students are going back to school around the world during the coronavirus pandemic
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Kids and teens all over the world are going back to school. But what used to be an exciting time for both children and parents is now filled with doubt, anxiety, and perhaps a little fear. After all, pupils across the globe are returning to the classroom under very different circumstances and the pandemic is not yet over.
In this gallery, we take you on a journey around the world, so that you can see how schools are preparing, and how students are coping, with the new normal. Click on.