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![Crisis in Ukraine 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.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/back-to-school-around-the-world-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![FRANCE-EDUCATION-SCHOOL-YEAR 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.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/back-to-school-around-the-world-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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