School for nomad children on the Tibetan plateau. Taking classes.

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Children playing on schoolgrounds. The school is located at the Tibetan plateau, 5000m altitude. The kids stay at school all year around. Except for a couple of months during winter. The only time it is safe for them to travel back to their families because the rivers are frozen and crossing is not dangerous. Some of the children have a weeks travel on horseback to get home to their family. The children comes from Tibetan nomad families who travel around the plateau with their livestock.

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Size: 3427px × 5120px
Location: Jaquo, Tibetan plateau, Qinghai region, China
Photo credit: © Kai-Otto Melau / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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