Reuters photographer David Mdzinarishvili travelled to the tiny Georgian village of Makarta to photograph nine-year-old Bacho Tsiklauri, who is the only pupil at his local primary school. Makarta stands in a remote mountain gorge and has around 30 residents including four children: three older ones who attend high school in a neighboring village, four kilometers away, and Bacho who is still at primary school.
Only Kid in The School
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Nine-year-old Bacho Tsiklauri leans against a wall at his home in the village of Makarta, some 100 km north of Georgian capital Tbilisi.
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Bacho leaves home on his way to school in the village of Makarta.
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Bacho walks to school with his father Gia.
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Bacho waits for a teacher in front of his school where he is the only student.