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[Photo] Back to school, around the world

Posted on : Sep.6,2023 17:25 KST Modified on : Sep.6,2023 17:25 KST

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Students walk with parents and guardians to the first day of classes in Paris, France, on Sept. 4. (EPA/Yonhap)

In South Korea, the new school year starts in March. But many countries treat September as the first month of the school year.

The new school year begins in September in most Anglophone countries, including the US and UK, and in France, Russia, Vietnam and Cuba. We compiled images showing students around the world as they greeted the start of a new school year.

A student curls their eyelashes at a high school in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the first day of the new school year on Sept. 5. (EPA/Yonhap)

First grade students in Kyrgyzstan take part in an event marking the start of the new school year on Sept. 1. (EPA/Yonhap)

Parents and guardians hug young children goodbye as they head into school for their first day of class at a school in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 4. (AFP/Yonhap)

First grade students at a middle school in Russia march hand in hand at a special event marking the start of the school year on Sept. 1. (TASS/Yonhap)