Quiet at the back: classrooms around the world - in pictures School Escola Estadual Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Fertility rate (births per woman) 1.9 Life expectancy at birth 73 Population on less than $2 a day 10% Primary age children not in school 5% Youth (15-24) literacy 97.8% This was a typical school that a working-class kid would go to. Anybody who has money in Brazil sends their kids to private school - it's just what you do. The kids in this class lived in the nearby favela. They were very poor. There wasn't an abundance of books and bags in the classroom. It was under-resourced and, frankly, it's difficult for any child who goes to a school like this to go to university. The kids took being photographed very seriously. It wasn't something that happened to them very often, if ever. They were very well-behaved, quiet and respectful Photograph: Julian Germain