See The First Day Of School For Students Around The Globe

Ukrainian children from cadet's lyceum attend the first day of school, which marks the traditional start of the academic year in Kiev, Ukraine on Sept. 1, 2014. Tatyana Zenkovich—EPA

Students attend their first lesson of the day in a school in the southern coastal town of Mariupol, Ukraine on Sept. 1, 2014. Vasily Fedosenko—Reuters

A student looks out of a bus toward Bertha Robinson Elementary school during the first day back from summer break on Sept. 2, 2014 in Leoni Township, MI.Brian Smith—MLIVE.COM /Landov

First grade students line up at school during the start of a new school year on Knowledge Day in Ryazan, Russia on Sept. 32, 2014.Alexander Ryumin—ITAR-TASS/Corbis

First grade students during a class in one of the local schools at the start of a new school year on Knowledge Day in Ivanovo, Russia on Sept 1, 2014Smirnov Vladmir—ITAR-TASS /Landov

Israeli children walk in a school on the first day of the school year in Kibbutz Saad

Israeli children walk in a school which is reinforced against rocket and mortar attacks, on the first day of the school year in Kibbutz Saad, outside the Gaza Strip on Sept. 1, 2014. Amir Cohen—Reuters

Children hold hands during the first day of school in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel on Sept. 1, 2014. Tsafrir Abayov—AP

Palestinian students return back to their school in the morning of the first day of the new school year in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Aug. 24, 2014 Nedal Eshtayah—APA Images/ZUMA

Alex Perez, 5, has his picture taken before the first day of school by Kelly Cunningham at Northwest's Parnall Elementary School on Sept. 2, 2014 in Jackson, MI.J. Scott Park—MLIVE.COM /Landov

J. Scott Park—MLIVE.COM /Landov

Girls in their uniforms wait for a classmate before going to school in Old Havana, Cuba on Sept. 1, 2014. Monday marked the first day back to class for students across Cuba. Ramon Espinosa—AP

Elementary school students enter school with their parents on Sept. 1, 2014 in Jinan, Shandong province of China. Monday is the first day of school in 2014. ChinaFotoPress—Getty Images

The only two children of the school of the Ile d'Houat, on the French Houat Island arrive for the start of the new school year on September 2, 2014. The mayor does everything to keep the school on the island where only 246 people live all the year. Jean-Sebastian Evrard—AFP/Getty Images

A general view of a classroom on the first day of class in the new school year in Nice, France, on Sept. 2, 2014. Bebert Bruno—Sipa

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