Giulio Giovannini, 12, with a tablet, a small camping table and a chair, studies on the top of a hill where he is able to access the Internet to participate in online lessons while schools remain closed due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Scansano, Italy, April 15, 2020. (Photo/Agencies)
Twelve-year-old Giulio Giovanni’s studying place has a view many people would envy-the unspoiled countryside of rolling hills, vineyards and olive groves under a Tuscan sun. He would prefer to participate in classes over the internet from home-like his fellow classmates have to because of Italy’s coronavirus lockdown-but the bucolic spot under a tree one mile away is the closest with a signal.
Giulio Giovannini, 12, with a tablet, a small camping table and a chair, studies on the top of a hill where he is able to access the Internet so he can participate in online lessons while schools remain closed due to the spread of the disease from coronavirus (COVID-19), in Scansano, Italy, April 15, 2020. (Photo/Agencies)
Giulio Giovannini, 12, with his mother Gloria, carries a tablet, after traveling from his family cottage in the Tuscan countryside, where he has no internet signal, to the top of a hill where he is able to access the Internet to participate in online lessons while schools remain closed due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Scansano, Italy, April 15, 2020.(Photo/Agencies)
Giulio Giovannini, 12, and mother Gloria carry a backpack with a tablet, a small camping table and a chair as they travel from their family cottage in the Tuscan countryside, where he has no internet signal, to the top of a hill where he is able to access the Internet to participate in online lessons while schools remain closed due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Scansano, Italy, April 15, 2020. (Photo/Agencies)