As school year starts in poverty-stricken Syria, some children go to class while others go to work

A boy carries a hammer as he helps at his family-run metalsmith workshop in the northeastern town of Sarmada on September 17, as the school year resumes in Syria.

A girl works in a watermelon field in the rebel-held town of al-Dana in the northwestern Idlib province, on September 18, 2023, as the new school year resumes in Syria.

A boy welds at a metalsmith workshop in the rebel-held town of al-Dana in the northwestern Idlib province on September 17, 2023, as the new school year resumes in Syria.

Children queue in the counrtyard to enter classes at a private school in Bardaqli town in the northern countryside of the rebel-held city of Idlib on September 17, 2023, as the new school year resumes in Syria.

A girl works in a watermelon field in the rebel-held town of al-Dana in the northwestern Idlib province, on September 18, 2023, as the new school year resumes in Syria.

A youth poses for a picture at his work place in a marble cutting workshop in Hazano village in the northern Idlib province, on September 18, 2023, as the school year resumes in Syria.

A youth works at a metalsmith workshop in Hazano village in the northern Idlib province, on September 18, 2023, as the school year resumes in Syria.

A boy reads during class in the northeastern town of Sarmada, on September 17, 2023, as the school year resumes in Syria.

A boy works at a car mechanic workshop in the village of Killi in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, on September 18, 2023, as the school year resumes in Syria.

Girls work in an agricultural field in the rebel-held town of al-Dana in the northwestern Idlib province, on September 18, 2023, as the new school year resumes in Syria.