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Throughout much of northern Pakistan, 800,000 students attend school in tents like this following the devastating 8 October 2005 earthquake. Some 8,000 out of a total of 11,534 primary and secondary schools were destroyed in the 7.6 magnitude quake.
David Swanson/IRIN

  • Throughout much of northern Pakistan, 800,000 students attend school in tents like this following the devastating 8 October 2005 earthquake. Some 8,000 out of a total of 11,534 primary and secondary schools were destroyed in the 7.6 magnitude quake.

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  • Credits David Swanson/IRIN
  • Themes Environment and Disasters
  • Regions Pakistan

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