A 9 year old boy student is looking out of a schoolhouse classroom window at a primary school in communist Laos.


A student at The Ban Buamlao Primary School in Ban Baumlao, Laos, pauses to lean on a schoolhouse windowsill before returning to his village to eat lunch. The impoverished school lacks basic learning supplies such as books, paper, and recreational equipment.


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