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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Volcano causes travel disruption around the world

Travel chaos: Cars wait at a departure point at the car ferry terminal in Calais, France
Cars wait at a departure point at the car ferry terminal in Calais, France
Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP
Travel chaos: Travellers wait at the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris
Travellers wait at the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris to take trains to the south, as the main French airports remained closed
Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: Travellers at Los Angeles International Airport bound for Frankfurt react
Travellers at Los Angeles international airport bound for Frankfurt, Germany react as their tour guide informs them that it will be several days before their departure
Photograph: Christine Cotter/AP
Travel chaos: Travellers queue for Eurostar tickets at Kings Cross St Pancras station
Travellers queue for Eurostar tickets at King's Cross St Pancras railway station in London
Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: Cargo trolleys parked on the tarmac at Cointrin Geneva's Airport
Cargo trolleys parked on the tarmac at Cointrin, Geneva's international airport, Switzerland
Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: Lufthansa passengers wait in front of a bus bound  for Munich
Lufthansa passengers wait in front of a bus bound for Munich, after their flight was grounded in Madrid's Barajas airport
Photograph: Andrea Comas/Reuters
Travel chaos: Passengers rest in front of Terminal 1 at the airport in Vienna, Austria
Passengers rest in front of Terminal 1 at the airport in Vienna, Austria after all flights were grounded
Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
Travel chaos: People queue to buy tickets at Termini central train station in Rome, Italy
People queue to buy tickets at Termini central train station in Rome, Italy
Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Travel chaos: A passenger rests on the empty seats at Zurich airport
A passenger rests on the empty seats of a deserted terminal at Zurich airport in Kloten, Switzerland after all flights were grounded
Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
Travel chaos: Passengers speak with Cathay Pacific employees at Hong Kong's airport
Passengers speak to Cathay Pacific employees at an inquiry counter at Hong Kong's international airport
Photograph: Dale De La Rey/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: Lufthansa planes parked with plastic covers on engines at Munich Airport
Lufthansa planes parked with plastic covers on their engines at Munich airport, Germany
Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Travel chaos: Passengers looking for alternative transportation queue in Amsterdam
Passengers looking for alternative forms of transportation queue at the service desk in the railway station in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: A man holds a sign offering to drive stranded travellers to any location
A man holds a sign offering to drive stranded travellers to any location in Europe for 0.60 euros per kilometer at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP
Travel chaos: An Indian traveller waits in emergency accommodation
An Indian traveller waits in emergency accommodation with camp beds at Munich airport, Germany
Photograph: Tobias Hase/EPA
Travel chaos: Some of the stranded travellers evacuated from Calais enter Dover marina
Some of the stranded travellers evacuated from Calais, France enter Dover marina. TV presenter Dan Snow launched the Dunkirk-style mission to ferry passengers across the Channel in a fleet of RIBs after they were left stranded by flight cancellations
Photograph: Max Nash/PA
Travel chaos: Travellers pass a board showing cancellations Charles de Gaulle airport
Travellers pass a board showing cancelled flights at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris, France
Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images
Travel chaos: People wait for a train at Berlin's main train station
People wait for a train at Berlin's main train station which saw a significant increase in passengers after all flights at the city's airport were grounded
Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
volcano travel chaos: A hotel shuttle bus assistant  at Beijing's international airport
A hotel shuttle bus assistant kills time at Beijing's international airport
Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP
volcano travel chaos: Grounded passengers wait at the airport in Frankfurt
Grounded passengers wait at the airport in Frankfurt
Photograph: Marius Becker/EPA
volcano travel chaos: People queue up outside the Air France ticket sales office
People queue up outside the Air France ticket sales office after the cancellation of their flights from Paris
Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images
volcano travel chaos: Stranded passengers in Bangkok
Stranded passengers take a nap in the departures area of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok
Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
volcano travel chaos: travelers to europe stranded a  jfk airport
Stranded travellers to Europe try to get information from an airline representative at Terminal 8 at JFK airport
Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty Images
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