A broken wooden classroom door is left open at the end of the day at a rundown primary school in communist Laos.


The Ban Buamlao Primary School in Ban Buamlao, Laos, stands empty near the end of the day. Most of the students who attend the school return home immediately after the bell is rung to perform their chores, which include caring for livestock and fowl, or collecting wood.


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Location: Ban Buamlao Primary School, Ban Buamlao, Luang Prabang Province, Laos
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
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