Children dressed as Santa Clause play with a soccer ball as they celebrate at their school ahead of Christmas in Chennai on December 23, 2021. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)
Students of the Ballet Academy prepare to perform during the school annual ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 1, 2022. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
A girl plays a jump rope game at a school housing residents displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Revelers from Grande Rio Samba School perform during the night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Tita Barros/Reuters)
A member of the Unidos do Viradouro samba school performs during the last night of the Carnival parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 13, 2024. (Photo by Pablo Porciuncula/AFP Photo)
School boys who attend Sri Lankan traditional dance training wait for their graduation ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 23, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
Thai school girls pose for photographs with pythons during the 2022 Pet Expo Championship in Bangkok on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)
A reveler from Vila Isabel samba school performs during the second night of the carnival parade at the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)