Saturday, May 25th, 2013
Photo series of barefoot students going to school under a bridge in New Delhi garners mention (gallery)
These photos by Associated Press photographer Altaf Qadri are part of a series that received an honourable mention in the World Press Photo 2013 photo contest for the Contemporary Issues series category. Taken Nov. 6, 2012, they show underprivileged children going to class at free school run under a metro bridge in New Delhi, India.
Students of free school in New Delhi
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