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China's Spring Festival: mass movement - in pictures

China Spring Festival: Passengers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan
Passengers at Hankou railway station in Wuhan Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
China Spring Festival: Passengers queue to buy train tickets outside a railway station in Beijing
Passengers queue to buy tickets at a booth outside a railway station in Beijing Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA
China Spring Festival: A man hangs Lunar New Year decorations at Yuyuan Garden, downtown Shanghai
A man hangs Lunar New Year decorations at Yuyuan Garden, in central Shanghai Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
China Spring Festival: A passenger sits inside a train at Shanghai's railway station
A passenger on a train at Shanghai's railway station Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
China Spring Festival: A security guard patrols as passengers queue up to buy bus tickets
A security guard patrols as passengers queue up to buy bus tickets at Changsha South station, Hunan province Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
China Spring Festival: Decorative red lanterns are hung on a tree
Decorative lanterns are hung on a tree ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Ditan Park in Beijing Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
China Spring Festival: A woman wipes her tears with her partner's scarf
A woman wipes her tears with her partner's scarf as they part at Beijing west railway station Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
China Spring Festival: Passengers board a train at Shanghai's railway station
Passengers board a train at Shanghai's railway station Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
China Spring Festival: Paramilitary policemen stand in formation
Paramilitary policemen stand in formation as they watch passengers enter the Beijing west railway station Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
China Spring Festival: People queue to take trains home at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan
People queue to take trains home at Hankou railway station in Wuhan Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images
China Spring Festival: Migrant workers return to the romote Guangxi, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces
Migrant workers return to their romote Guangxi, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces for the Spring Festival Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images
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