A 4 year old Asian boy is sitting on a teacher's wooden desk at a primary school in communist Laos.

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A boy sits on the desk of Nang Chanton, his mother, who is teacher at Ban Buamlao Primary School in Ban Buamlao, Laos. Because daycare programs are scarce in Laos, Ms. Chanton is accompanied to her job each day by her son.

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Size: 3558px × 2372px
Location: Ban Buamlao Primary School, Ban Buamlao, Luang Prabang Province, Laos
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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