In Pictures: Backpacks, books and life jackets: Time for school in China

After school, a dozen children strap on life jackets under their backpacks before boarding a flat-bottomed boat in southwest China. A 60-year-old man then sinks a pole into the green waters of the Xiangshuitan reservoir to push the punt in the daily, half-hour-long trip between the primary school and the pupils’ village. He is none … Continue reading In Pictures: Backpacks, books and life jackets: Time for school in China