Left-behind world in a Guizhou village

Huang Yao, her sister Huang Pan and their grandmother stand in front of their shabby house. Their grandmother said the two girls' mother went away when Huang Pan was only seven months old. Their father went out of his mind after his wife left home, and he has been missing for years. This year, Huang Yao is in third grade, and her sister is in second grade. [Photo by Wei Jing/China.org.cn]