Pupil on a steel cable 800m above the Rio Negro river, Colombia to school

To the delight (or dismay) of millions, the school season is beginning in many countries throughout the world. But it’s important not to forget that, in some parts of the world, school can be a hard-won luxury. Many children throughout the world have to take the most incredible and unimaginable routes in order to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. Here, a pupil flies 800m on a steel cable  above the Rio Negro River, Colombia to go to school.

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