PHOTOS: What the first day of school looks like in 12 countries around the world
United States: Students arrive for the first day back at a New York City high school.
Ukraine: First graders take part in a ceremony to mark the start of another school year in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine.
Syria: A Syrian child inspects a book on his first day back to school in a suburb of Damascus.
Philippines: Filipino students line up during the first day of school at the President Corazon C. Aquino Elementary School in suburb north of Manila.
Nicaragua: Students wait in line to enter to their classroom on the first day of school in Managua.
Malaysia: A student lays her head on the table during the first day of school in Kuala Lumpur.
Lebanon: A teacher speaks to her students in a classroom on the first day of a new school term in Tripoli.
Japan: Children sit inside a classroom at Shimizu elementary school in Fukushima.
Indonesia: Students wait for a train to pass as they make their journey home after attending the first day of kindergarten in Jakarta.
Gaza Strip: Palestinian children sit inside a classroom on the first day of school at al-Shafi'i school in Gaza City.
France: Kids enter the primary school Jules Ferry in Fontenay-sous-Bois, near Paris.
Belarus: Students perform during an event for the first day of school in Minsk.
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