Chinese schoolchildren edge their way along a precarious clifftop path as they make their way to class on what must surely be the world's most spectacular school run.
The one hour trip to Banpo Elementary School, located halfway up a mountain in Bijie, Guizhou Province, takes in spectacular views, treacherous hillside passes and tunnels hewn out of the rock.
The youngsters from the nearby Genguan village are accompanied by Headmaster Xu Liangfan as they climb the narrow winding footpath cut into the mountainside. This 'footpath' was actually created 40 years ago as an irrigation ditch.
