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Chickens roost in Kenya's empty classrooms amid Covid-19 shutdown

Chicks are seen in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, August 28, 2020. Picture taken August 28, 2020. [Reuters]

Rows of spinach sprout in the sports field where the students of Roka Preparatory school once played football, and clucking chickens fluff their feathers in sawdust-covered classrooms where children once sweated over their exams.

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