Photo Story: Schools reopen in the Netherlands amid coronavirus woes

Students inside a classroom during the first day of the new school year in Groningen, Netherlands, 17 August 2020.

Restrictions were enforced amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Parents are currently only allowed to enter the schoolyard after answering a number of questions.

epa08608495 Parents accompany their son to school on the first day of the new school year in Groningen, Netherlands, 17 August 2020.

Via EPA-EFE/SIESE VEENSTRA

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