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The Guardian - UK
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How to be happy: daily life in Bhutan – in pictures

Bhutan: Taktshing
Taktsang (which mean 'tigers nest') Monastery, Paro, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Lopen Gyeltshen
Lopen Gyeltshen is the chairman of the child protection unit of the central monastic body. He is seen here at Monastery Dechen Phodrang monastic school, Thimpu, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Archery
Archery is a very popular sport in Bhutanese culture. Here Namgay practises in Paro, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Tshering Cham
Farmer Tshering Cham from Paro, Bhutan, laughs while threshing
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Principal of Losel Primary School
Principal of Losel Primary School in front of one of the buildings of the school, Thimpu, Bhutan. UNICEF fund teacher training for Gross National Happiness projects across Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Child Monks
Child monks at Dechen Phodrang monastic school playing football with a rubber ball, Thimphu, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Students
Students from Woochu lower secondary school, Paro, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Kinley Tenzin
Young boy Kinley Tenzin is threshing paddy in a traditional way
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Phub Gyeldshen
Young monk Phub Gyeldshen (14 years old) in front of a monastery at Dechen Phodrang monastic school, Thimphu, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Students pray at the morning assembly
Students pray at the morning assembly, Jigme Losel primary school, Thimphu, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Prayer Flags
Prayer flags at Taktsang Monastery, Paro
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Students cleaning their school
Students cleaning their school, Jigme Losel Primary School, Thimphu, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
Bhutan: Women at the window
Women looking out through the window of their house in Paro, Bhutan
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF
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