Libya, 2012: Amid the ongoing recovery since the end of Libya’s civil war in October 2011, over 1.2 million children have returned to school. Still, much remains to be done to restore education systems to their pre-war condition. A classroom in Sirte.
Libya’s ten-month civil conflict killed thousands of people, displaced hundreds of thousands and destroyed much of the country’s basic infrastructure. In the city of Sirte, a weeks-long battle decimated schools.