A student in Beijing runs to attend the ceremony marking the start of the autumn semester on Monday.

A fourth grader sorts out her books in a classroom at a school.

A student in Beijing waits to get his temperature taken.

A student sticks out his hand to get it disinfected at an elementary school in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Students carry handbags to school in Beijing.

Elementary school students walk through a balloon archway, which was set up to welcome their return.