Masumi Sato, 46, mother of Eita, 15, wipes her tears next to Hisako Hoshi, 68, grandmother of Aoi, 15, on the day of Eita and Aoi's graduation ceremony, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 13, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good, with some parents and villagers say that the school closure should have been avoided. "I'm worried that people won't consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school," said Eita’s mother Masumi, who is also an alumnus of the school. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attend their graduation ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 13, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, and their family members leave the school after their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 13, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Masumi Sato, 46, pins a rosette reading 'Congratulations!' on her son Eita, 15, one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, on the day of his graduation ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 13, 2023. Aoi Hoshi, 15, and Eita, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good, with some parents and villagers say that the school closure should have been avoided. "I'm worried that people won't consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school," said Eita’s mother Masumi, who is also an alumnus of the school. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, who are the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attend a photo session with their Eita's mother Masumi Sato, 46, and Aoi's grandmother Hisako, 68, and father Kazuhisa, 37, after the students' graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 13, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, who is one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attends his last English lesson on the day before his graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Teacher Yumemi Kanazawa conducts the last lesson for Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, on the day before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, take part in their last English class on the day before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Masumi Sato, 46, and her sons Riku, 11, and Eita, 15, who is one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School and graduates this month, have dinner in their kitchen, at home in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Masumi, a single mother of three and alumnus of Yumoto Junior High, runs a hot spring inn on the mountain and added that her youngest son, who is currently a fifth grader in an elementary school nearby, wanted to share the memory of attending the same school as many of his other family members did. "He told me, 'The adults made the decision one-sidedly without us,'" she said. "I'm worried that people won't consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school." REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, keep warm next to a stove during break time between lessons, on the day before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, who is one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School and graduates this month, serves meals to guests at his family's home and hot spring inn in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita's mother Masumi Sato, who is also an alumnus of Yumoto Junior High, runs a hot spring inn on the mountain and added that her youngest son, who is currently a fifth grader in an elementary school nearby, wanted to share the memory of attending the same school as many of his other family members did. "He told me, 'The adults made the decision one-sidedly without us,'" she said. "I'm worried that people won't consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school." REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, who is one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, arrives home from school, a few days before his graduation and the institution's closing ceremony in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita's mother Masumi Sato, who is also an alumnus of Yumoto Junior High, runs a hot spring inn on the mountain and added that her youngest son, who is currently a fifth grader in an elementary school nearby, wanted to share the memory of attending the same school as many of his other family members did. "He told me, 'The adults made the decision one-sidedly without us,'" she said. "I'm worried that people won't consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school." REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, who are the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attend a Japanese traditional calligraphy class to write a message that will be engraved into the school's closing memorial stone, a few days before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, walk along the corridors of Yumoto Junior High School, where they are the only two students, a few days before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, clean a classroom on the day before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Teacher Yumemi Kanazawa, 30, Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attend a class a few days before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, and their teachers attend a special celebratory class a few days before the students' graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, who are the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, serve their last school lunch for themselves and their teachers, a few days before the students' graduation and the institution's closing ceremony in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, and their teachers attend a celebratory class before the students' graduation and the institution's closing ceremony at the school in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, have their last school lunch with their teachers before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, head home on the village school bus, a few days before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, attend their last study lesson on the day before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Eita Sato, 15, and Aoi Hoshi, 15, the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School, put on serving clothes before their last school lunch a few days before their graduation and the institution's closing ceremony, at the school in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 9, 2023. Eita and Aoi, who have been together since three, are the last two graduates of Yumoto Junior High, a public school established in 1947 that in its prosperous years sent out more than 50 graduates, but with only a few enrolments expected in the coming years, the village decided to close the school for good. "We heard rumours about the school closure in the second year, but I didn't really think it would happen. I was shocked when I heard the news," Eita said. REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A school teacher holds a scarf saying "I don't quit" as part of a teachers' demonstration for better salaries and working conditions in Lisbon, Portugal, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he responds to a question about whether he had any advance notice of the FBI's plan to search former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago saying " I didn't have any advance notice, none, zero, not one single bit" after making remarks about forgiving federal student loan debt with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona at his side in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he responds to a question about whether he had any advance notice of the FBI's plan to search former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago saying " I didn't have any advance notice, none, zero, not one single bit" after making remarks about forgiving federal student loan debt with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona at his side in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

Students enter the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school on the day classes restart as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

A woman wears a mask on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A woman stands in a corridor on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

Students sit in a classroom on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

Students use computers on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

Students sit in a classroom on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

A man sitting in a classroom uses a computer on the day classes restart at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

Students sit in a classroom as they resume classes at the I.T.C Di Vittorio - I.T.I. Lattanzio secondary school as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surge across the country and with new rules in place as part of the government's efforts to maintain in-person learning, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

Hadia, 10, a 4th grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream," said Hadia. "That already scares me." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Hadia, 10, a 4th grade primary school student, solves a mathematical equation on a whiteboard in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream," said Hadia. "That already scares me." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Hadia, 10, a 4th grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 25, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream," said Hadia. "That already scares me." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Hadia (Centre), 10, a 4th grade primary school student, leaves school after a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 25, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream," said Hadia. "That already scares me." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Hadia, 10, a 4th grade primary school student, walks back from school through an alleyway near her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 20, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream," said Hadia. "That already scares me." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Carlos Guerrero, 40, with his son Diego, 7, start their journey to John F Kennedy School in the village of Sotomo, outside the town of Cochamo, Los Lagos region, Chile, August 6, 2021. Picture taken August 6, 2021. Carlos takes Diego to school daily by boat, often battling wind and rain to get him there. "I didn't have the option of going to school so you do it whatever the conditions, good or bad weather or pandemic, even if it's difficult," he said. Using tablets provided by the education ministry, the school's seven pupils can now tap into online learning material, watch films, do virtual museum visits and try out video calls to children in other schools. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza SEARCH "SOTOMO SANHUEZA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

High school senior Megan Bickford, 17, dances at her prom in Harrison, Maine, U.S., May 15, 2021. Prom was held outdoors under tents, with students wearing masks. Bickford, who was raised in a liberal family, said she grew increasingly alarmed when she saw Confederate flags pop up on porches or vehicles northwest of Portland, where she and her family live. "I feel like if we had a more normal four years I probably wouldn't be as loud," she said. "I'm growing up in that political climate where it seems like if you don't scream, the other side won't hear you." REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

High school senior Megan Bickford (L), 17, is watched by her sister Joanna (2nd L) and her friends Olivia Gallan (C), Logan Keane (2nd R) and Emma Adler, as Megan puts on make-up for her prom in Paris, Maine, U.S., May 15, 2021. "I do (like putting on make-up), I don't do it often but I think it's fun,” Megan said about getting ready for prom. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nurse Pauline Falzon prepares an intravenous antibiotics infusion for Rebecca Zammit Lupi, a 14-year-old cancer patient, as Rebecca takes part in an online computer studies lesson in her room at Rainbow Ward in Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre at Mater Dei Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tal-Qroqq, Malta, June 1, 2020. Rebecca's pleas for online education for ill children to continue post COVID-19 caught the attention of the national media and the authorities. "Once online school became real, I actually found studying fun! I hadn't studied in months because I never felt up to just reading the notes my friends had given me. I feel that joining some of the lessons, after being out of school for so long, made my teachers, friends and myself very happy!" said Rebecca at the time. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi SEARCH "REBECCA LUPI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES THE IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED TOGETHER WITH THE STORY - NO STAND-ALONE USES 

Jamari Prim, 18, loads backpacks, which he will distribute to the homeless, into his car in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., April 4, 2021. After graduating a semester early from high school, Prim took classes at a community college. He will enroll at Winston-Salem State University in the fall. He plans to study sociology and justice, and he wants to one day open a youth community center. For the past two years he has been working as a youth mentor. "It feels like the need to have purpose-driven studies has been forced upon us," Prim said. "I can't not see the injustice that is around me." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Jamari Prim, 18, who graduated a semester early and began taking classes at a local community college, relaxes with his teammates ahead of their step competition at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., April 3, 2021. After graduating a semester early from high school, Prim took classes at a community college. He will enroll at Winston-Salem State University in the fall. He plans to study sociology and justice, and he wants to one day open a youth community center. For the past two years he has been working as a youth mentor. "It feels like the need to have purpose-driven studies has been forced upon us," Prim said. "I can't not see the injustice that is around me." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIESTPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Jamari Prim, 18, who graduated a semester early and began taking classes at a local community college, relaxes with his teammates ahead of their step competition at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., April 3, 2021. After graduating a semester early from high school, Prim took classes at a community college. He will enroll at Winston-Salem State University in the fall. He plans to study sociology and justice, and he wants to one day open a youth community center. For the past two years he has been working as a youth mentor. "It feels like the need to have purpose-driven studies has been forced upon us," Prim said. "I can't not see the injustice that is around me." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIESTPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Jamari Prim, 18, who graduated a semester early and began taking classes at a local community college, dances with his teammates following their step competition at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., April 3, 2021. Prim will enroll at Winston-Salem State University in the fall. He plans to study sociology and justice, and he wants to one day open a youth community center. For the past two years he has been working as a youth mentor. "It feels like the need to have purpose-driven studies has been forced upon us," Prim said. "I can't not see the injustice that is around me." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "CLASS OF 2021" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Felipe Luther, 37, a scholarship student at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (PUC-Rio) who also works as a street-sweeper, studies on his laptop during the electricity cut at the student residence where he temporarily lives in Niteroi, Brazil, February 4, 2021. Brazil's educational inequalities have only grown during the pandemic, as remote classes force students to rely on resources at home, widening a gap between the haves and the have-nots. For months, Luther was reading at night by candlelight in Niteroi, across the bay from campus, where his student residence often lacked power. He charged his phone and laptop at work and used them to study until his street-sweeping shift from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. "For my course, which demands a lot of reading, I need a better computer than the one I got. But some people aren't even given a computer" Luther said, noting the array of challenges for disadvantaged students forced to study from home. "Not all phones are good enough for working, and not everyone has a phone ... or enough internet data to download their readings." REUTERS/Pilar Olivares SEARCH "BLM OLIVARES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Felipe Luther, 37, a scholarship student at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (PUC-Rio) who also works as a street-sweeper, has breakfast with a friend at the student residence where he temporarily lives, in Niteroi, Brazil, February 4, 2021. Brazil's educational inequalities have only grown during the pandemic, as remote classes force students to rely on resources at home, widening a gap between the haves and the have-nots. "For my course, which demands a lot of reading, I need a better computer than the one I got. But some people aren't even given a computer," Luther said, noting the array of challenges for disadvantaged students forced to study from home. "Not all phones are good enough for working, and not everyone has a phone ... or enough internet data to download their readings." REUTERS/Pilar Olivares SEARCH "BLM OLIVARES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine. His training regime, devised by his father Taisuke, is relentless. He trains six days a week, either at his local sumo club or lifting weights. He also swims and practices track and field to build up the flexibility and explosive quickness needed for sumo wrestling. Kyuta has been on the programme since his father entered him in a tournament while still in kindergarten. "I didn't teach him anything, he could do various things naturally," said Taisuke, a former amateur sumo. "There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent. He won the tournament. I thought he may have something special." A shy boy of few words, Kyuta's motivations are simple. "It is fun to beat people older than me." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES Matching text: SUMO-JAPAN/KID 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, trains on a Dohyo, a traditional ring in which sumo wrestling bouts are held, at Komatsuryu Sumo Club in Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2020. "Sumo training is something you don't describe with words like 'enjoy'," Kyuta said. "When it became tough? I have thought about (quitting) sometimes." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2021 PACKAGES. 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, practices sumo with his father Taisuke, 50, during a one-on-one training session which his father organized at the Buddhist temple Joshin-ji in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. "I didn?t teach him anything, he could do various things naturally," said Taisuke, a former amateur sumo wrestler. "There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, practices sumo with his father Taisuke, 50, during a one-on-one training session which his father organized at the Buddhist temple Joshin-ji in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. "I don't do gambling (at a casino). Instead, I'm betting everything on this," said Taisuke. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, practices sumo with his father Taisuke, 50, during a one-on-one training session which his father organized at the Buddhist temple Joshin-ji in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. "I think he is managing to make time for himself and I think he has time to play with his friends," explained Taisuke. "I don't think it is too much pressure." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, trains on a Dohyo, a traditional ring in which sumo wrestling bouts are held, at Komatsuryu Sumo Club in Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2020. "Sumo training is something you don't describe with words like 'enjoy'," Kyuta said. "When it became tough? I have thought about (quitting) sometimes." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine. His training regime, devised by his father Taisuke, is relentless. He trains six days a week, either at his local sumo club or lifting weights. He also swims and practices track and field to build up the flexibility and explosive quickness needed for sumo wrestling. Kyuta has been on the programme since his father entered him in a tournament while still in kindergarten. "I didn't teach him anything, he could do various things naturally," said Taisuke, a former amateur sumo. "There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent. He won the tournament. I thought he may have something special." A shy boy of few words, Kyuta's motivations are simple. "It is fun to beat people older than me." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching text: SUMO-JAPAN/KID 

Kyuta Kumagai, 10, practises sumo on a Dohyo, a traditional ring in which sumo wrestling bouts are held, at Komatsuryu Sumo Club in Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2020. "Sumo training is something you don't describe with words like 'enjoy'," Kyuta said. "When it became tough? I have thought about (quitting) sometimes." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

College students Jenebyl Cipres, 19, Almer Acuno, 21, Jester Rafon, 20, and Rosemine Gonzaga, 19, work on online worksheets in a hut on a mountain, as their community does not have enough signal for internet connection, following the suspension of physical classes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sitio Papatahan, Paete, Laguna, Philippines, October 22, 2020. "I always fear I wouldn't be able to follow along to our lessons compared to my classmates who are in a better situation, in a more comfortable environment. I'm not jealous because I'm used to this way of living. I'm just scared to be left behind," said Rafon. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez SEARCH "LOPEZ SCHOOL ONLINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Lovely Joy De Castro, 11, a grade 5 student, takes part in an online class using a smartphone, as schools remain closed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, while her grandmother and aunt prepare chickens to be sold to visitors at the Manila South Cemetery where they live in a makeshift home in Makati City, Philippines, November 6, 2020. "I know we haven't given her enough guidance with school," said Castro's grandmother Angeline Delos Santos, "but if we don't take care of our business, we would have nothing to feed the kids." REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez SEARCH "LOPEZ SCHOOL ONLINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Xiong Feng, 22, a dancer, poses for a photograph on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, December 14, 2020. Xiong teaches Wuhan's only class in Voguing, a highly stylized dance form popularised in U.S. gay and transgender communities in the late 1980s. Wuhan's surprise 76-day lockdown, which cut the city off from the rest of China overnight on Jan. 23, began long before other countries began to feel the pain of the pandemic. Xiong, like many other Gen Z people in Wuhan, saw his life, education and business thrown into turmoil. The pandemic meant he was unable to graduate alongside his classmates, and lockdown meant he lost the opportunity to form tight friendships at a formative time in his life. "I think I've lost some friends. The relationship faded away because we didn't get in touch with each other during the epidemic," he said. Looking forward, Xiong hopes he can still be a trailblazer in the city's growing LGBT dance scene in 2021. His Voguing class has attracted more students since the lockdown was lifted, as people emphasise lifestyle and leisure. "I hope I can establish the first (ballroom event for Vogue dancing) in Wuhan in my spare time. Because I see cities in China like Shanghai and Chengdu have developed a very good ballroom culture, and I believe Wuhan can do it too." REUTERS/Aly Song SEARCH "GEN-Z COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES