Afghan school girls attend the first day of the academic year at their school after the educational institutes opened in Herat, Afghanistan, 23 March 2021. The new school year in Afghanistan began on 23 March as President Ashraf Ghani saying at least one million more students will attend classes on the new year. According to UNICEF, an estimated 3.7 million children are out-of-school in Afghanistan, 60 percent of them being girls. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)
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