Featured photojournalist: Jim Young

Davy Lin from Taoyuan, Taiwan, walks to class at Grant-Deuel school in Revillo, South Dakota Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters A sign on the road outside the school Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Amy Wang from Shenyang, China, and Tina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan, teach choreography to elementary school pupils. The exchange students spend one school year in the US and most become fully intergrated into American life Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Amy Wang fills helium balloons. Many of the exchange students have never celebrated western traditions such as Valentine's Day Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Amy Wang shares a joke with her host, Barb Hoyles, and Muffin the dog while waiting for a ride to school in Marietta, South Dakota Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Chris Fabian from Brno, Czech Republic, plays a card game with a pre-schooler, Jesse Schneck Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Chris Fabian checks her locker between classes Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Joy Cheng from Taipei, Taiwan, translates a student's name into Chinese characters Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Jutarat Sawatpoon, from Thailand, boards a school bus outside her host family's home in Marietta, South Dakota Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Jutarat Sawatpoon walks through the halls to deliver balloons to students Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Kerry and Jon Wold pray before dinner with their exchange students, Hee-hyeon Han from South Korea and Davy Lin from Taiwan. Many of the students form close bonds with the parents in their host families, referring to them as mum and dad Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Jutarat Sawatpoon from Thailand (left) and Tina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan perform with a cheer team before the Grant-Deuel school girls' varsity basketball team play in Waverly, South Dakota Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Tina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan, cuts out paper hearts to use for Valentine's Day presents Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters