Mideast in Pictures: Yemeni children in tent schools need emergency education assistance

Students study inside a "straw cottage" classroom at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)

SANAA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Eight years of civil war in Yemen have destroyed almost everything in daily life, including hundreds of schools across the country. Now a straw cottage or wood shack is the makeshift classroom for many Yemeni children.

UNICEF estimated that more than 8 million Yemeni children are in need of emergency education assistance. More than 2 million school-age children are now out of school as poverty, conflict, and lack of opportunities disrupt their education, which is double the number of out-of-school children in 2015 when Yemen's civil war started.

A schoolgirl stands at the door of a "wood shack" classroom at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)

Schoolboys pose for a picture at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)

A schoolgirl is seen inside a "wood shack" classroom at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)

Students study inside a "straw cottage" classroom at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)

Schoolgirls stand at the door of a "straw cottage" classroom at a school in Abs District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi)■