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Back to school: Learning to keep apart as classes reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic

Schools around the world slowly reopen with students observing social distancing rules

Last updated: August 18, 2020 | 10:17

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Director Juergen Scheuermann welcomes students as schools reopen at the Karl-Rehbein high school in Hanau, Germany.

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Elementary students sit in a classroom using plastics to separate desks in West Sumatra province, Indonesia

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A student wearing a protective face mask stands on a mark for social distancing at a classroom in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, Japan

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Students and teachers wear protective face masks while keeping social distance as schools reopen in Hanau, Germany

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Students of Sam Khok school wearing face masks and face shields are seen inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions as schools nationwide reopen, at Pathum Thani province, Thailand

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A student of Sam Khok school sits inside an old ballot box repurposed into partitions as schools nationwide reopened in Thailand

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Kindergarten students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch during a social distancing rehearsal ahead of nationwide schools reopening in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Children use hoops for social distancing at L'Ecole des Petits, an independent French bilingual school, as the lockdown eases in Fulham, London

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Students wearing protective face masks respect social distancing as they walk past lockers at the College Rosa Parks school during its reopening in Nantes, France.

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A teacher eats with students at a school where senior middle school students have returned to campus in Yichang, Hubei province, China.

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Students stand on social distancing marks before entering a classroom at a primary school during its reopening in Jumet, Belgium.

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A child, part of a small group aged between 6 to 10 years-old is seen at a nursery school, as part of a pilot test to see how social distancing can work in schools throughout the region of Piedmont, near Vercelli, Italy.

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Schoolchildren line up as they enter the primary school Simone Veil during its reopening in Nice as a small part of French children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing in France.

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A schoolchild and teacher wear face masks in a classroom at a primary school during its reopening in Brussels, Belgium.

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Students wearing protective face masks sit in a classroom at D. Pedro V High School in Lisbon, Portugal.

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A teacher talks to a student as Austrian schools reopen for pupils aged roughly six to 14 in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria.

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Schoolchildren line up as they enter the primary school Simone Veil during its reopening in Nice, France.

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Students practice social distancing in the courtyard at the College Sasserno school during its reopening in Nice, France.

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Students wearing protective face masks clap along instead of singing during a music class at Takanedai Daisan elementary school in Funabashi, east of Tokyo.

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Green dots placed in the schoolyard to help students keep distancing in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.

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