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Girls in Afghanistan walk to school in a remote village.

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Ukrainian servicemen patrol an area, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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CIRCA 2009 Niger, Niamey, Portrait of an african muslim schoolgirl with a blue scarf covering her hair, and holding her hand before her mouth.

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at a position on a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

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Shadows are cast over tomatoes for sale in the central market in Diabaly January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

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Shells are pictured in the dry bed of the evaporated Lake Faguibine, in Mbouna, northern Mali May 29, 2021. Picture taken May 29, 2021. Birom Seck-ICRC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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Second team of the ninth batch of Chinese Peacekeeping force in the Republic of South Sudan finish their mission and arrive at an airport in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province, 29 September 2019. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

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Colombia's FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez (L) and Colombia's lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle (R) shake hands while Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez looks on, after signing a final peace deal in Havana, Cuba, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Sahar, 17, an 11th grade secondary school student, walks past her former school in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 20, 2021. Sahar wants to become an engineer, but, for now at least, has to learn at home as best she can. "I would love to come back to my class, resume my studies, to be with my classmates and teachers," REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Education Plus Development

The relationship between schooling and conflict in Afghanistan

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 25, 2022: Ukrainian people and their supporters demonstrate outside Downing Street calling for the West to implement strong sanctions against Russia including ban on energy trade, exclusion from Swift payment network as well as more widespread sanctions targeting individuals and businesses associated with Kremlin after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale military invasion into the Ukrainian territory on February 25, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

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Transforming education in a time of uncertainty: Insights on Afghanistan

We must reinforce Putin’s military losses with economic ones

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