Buzz and bother as Cuba's children go back to school – in pictures

The school uniform of Michael Aladro, 10, hangs at his home in Old Havana on the morning of his first day back at school Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Michael brushes his teeth as his father, Nelson, looks on Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

A schoolgirl yawns as she waits for the doors to open at Angela Landa school Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Reluctant to start the new term, a boy is comforted by his mother Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

A proud mum takes a photograph of her son in class Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

A poster of FIdel and Raul Castro looks down on Michael and his classmates. The socialist state's primary-school curriculum includes Cuban revolutionary history Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Girls leave their anxious mothers behind at the doors as they head up to class Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Daydreaming Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP