A man walks pasts schoolchildren from nearby villages waiting to be escorted to the the primary school, which serves 17 villages, in the village of Dikaia, Greece, March 29, 2024. The population of Orestiada, a crop-growing area bordering Turkey and Bulgaria, shrank 16% between 2011 and 2021, census data show; and the village of Ormenio used to be full of children, but now two thirds of the 300 residents are over 70. “We used to gather at weddings, at baptisms. Now we meet at funerals,” said Chrysoula Ioannidou, 61. “There are very few births.” REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/ File Photo