Numbered Exam Desks in Duékoué School Lab

North light streams across a row of wooden desks arranged in a Duékoué school laboratory during the dry season. Each desk surface holds a small, numbered sticker and a stack of blank booklets. The wood grain shows signs of wear, against the clean, uncluttered arrangement of papers. Dust motes hang motionless in the bright, cool sidelight that highlights the texture of the paper edges. Straight lines of the desk rows guide toward the back of the room where white walls meet the floor. The atmosphere remains quiet and orderly, with no personal items interrupting the uniform setup. A shadow falls sharply across the corner of the front desk, defining the edge of the wooden surface.