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First-graders attend the traditional ceremony for the first day of school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024. Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren celebrated the traditional first day of school near the frontline. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Filippos and other students attend the first day of school at a public elementary school in Athens, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Children on the ceremonial first day of school in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Sept 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A young cadet takes a nap at the first lesson in a cadet lyceum on the first day at school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
An Israeli soldier stands next to a bus as students arrive at their elementary school on the first day of classes near the kibbutz Magen, located on an area near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Tudor, 6 years old, takes a break from standing while waiting for the start of a ceremony marking the beginning of the school year at the Orizont Elementary School in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Students arrive at their elementary school on the first day of classes near the kibbutz Magen, located on an area near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
First graders enter a school to take part in a ceremony marking the start of classes as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A school teacher sweeps the floor of a classroom before the start of classes in Dili, East Timor, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Schoolchildren and their parents enter an underground school on the first day at school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. The purpose-built "bunker school" aims to provide a learning environment safe from Russian everyday airstrikes. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
First graders yawn as they attend a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in Makiivka, Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
Children hug during a ceremony marking the beginning of the school year at the Orizont Elementary School in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
Filippos and other students attend the first day of school at a public elementary school in Athens, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Children on the ceremonial first day of school in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Sept 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A young cadet takes a nap at the first lesson in a cadet lyceum on the first day at school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
An Israeli soldier stands next to a bus as students arrive at their elementary school on the first day of classes near the kibbutz Magen, located on an area near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Tudor, 6 years old, takes a break from standing while waiting for the start of a ceremony marking the beginning of the school year at the Orizont Elementary School in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Students arrive at their elementary school on the first day of classes near the kibbutz Magen, located on an area near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
First graders enter a school to take part in a ceremony marking the start of classes as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A school teacher sweeps the floor of a classroom before the start of classes in Dili, East Timor, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Schoolchildren and their parents enter an underground school on the first day at school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. The purpose-built "bunker school" aims to provide a learning environment safe from Russian everyday airstrikes. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
First graders yawn as they attend a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in Makiivka, Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
