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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Overloaded And Overcrowded


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01. People hang onto an entrance of a commuter train which will transport them to Jakarta, in Depok, Indonesia's West Java province May 31, 2010. According to PT Kereta Api Indonesia, their trains operate 300 cars each day to serve about 500,000 commuters in Jakarta. In 2007 as many as 26 people were killed due to electricity shock and from falling off the roofs of trains. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi
Call it crazy, dangerous, nuts, efficient or what you will, but one thing we can agree upon is that things seems to be a little bit overloaded and overcrowded in these images.


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02. A woman carries styrofoam for recycling on her bicycle in a street in Shanghai October 5, 2006. REUTERS/ Nir Elias
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03. Men transport plastic pots on a motorbike to a market in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder
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04. A labourer transports goods using a tricycle on a street in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province, November 20, 2006. REUTERS/Sheng Li
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05. A farmer drives a car transporting dried stalks in Guye, north China's Hebei Province,February 7, 2007. China's processing trade grew slower than overall trade last year, according to commerce ministry figures, suggesting that a drive to nudge exporters up the value chain is paying off. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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06. A passenger climbs through a window of a train at a railway station in Hefei, east China's Anhui province February 26, 2007. The country's transport system was working at full steam as people began ending their Spring Festival holidays and returning to major cities, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Jianan Yu
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07. Palestinians wait inside a bus to pass through the Rafah border crossing, after it was reopened in the southern Gaza Strip March 6, 2007. The Rafah crossing, the Palestinians' only window to the outside world, has been closed most of the time since Palestinian militants abducted an Israeli soldier on June 25 in a cross-border attack inside an Israeli army base near Gaza. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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08. Garment workers in Phnom Penh ride a van home March 31, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
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09. Bangladeshi labourers pull a cart of used containers to the market in Dhaka April 26, 2007. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman
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10. Passengers react as another climbs through the window of a crowded train at the train station in Jakarta October 9, 2007. Millions of residents in Jakarta have started the exodus home from the capital city ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Beawiharta
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11. A Palestinian family falls from a donkey cart after they crossed a breach on the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt January 27, 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold crisis talks on Sunday on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached border with Egypt. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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12. An overloaded truck carries bales of rice stalks near Rosso, as it heads for the capital Nouakchott, January 30, 2008. Picture taken January 30, 2008. REUTERS/Normand Blouin
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13. Commuters make their way into a crowded compartment of a suburban train in Mumbai February 26, 2008. India's Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced a cut of 50 rupees ($1.25) in passenger fares for express trains as he presented the annual budget for one of the world's largest networks on Tuesday. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe
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14. A recyclable materials collector stands in front of her overloaded tricycle on a main street in central Beijing March 12, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray
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15. North Koreans look at a Chinese boat for tourists on Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Jacky Chen
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16. Buddhist novice monks cling on to the back of a vehicle filled with passengers in central Mandalay August 20 ,2010 .REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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17. A man rides a motorcycle carrying six children on their way back home from school at Greater Noida in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh September 10, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma
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18. Residents ride on a pick-up truck that supplies milk and other items in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, September 2, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Faruk
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19. A pick-up truck carrying tobacco bales arrives at the auction floors in central Malawi district of Kasungu August 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
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20. Passengers travel atop a train headed for Mymensing from Dhaka September 19, 2009. Millions of residents in Dhaka have started the exodus home from the capital city ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
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21. An Indian labourer pulls his overloaded handcart on a road in the western Indian city of Bombay July 14, 2005. Hundreds of millions of Indians, including children and elders, struggle to survive on less than $1 a day. REUTERS/Adeel Halim
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22. An overcrowded train leaves Dhaka's Airport rail station ahead of the Muslim festival Eid-al-Adha December 20, 2007. Bangladeshi Muslims will celebrate the festival on Friday. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman
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23. A woman rides a tricycle bearing a newly purchased couch along a main road in central Beijing October 14, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray
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24. A farmer carries bundles of straw on his bicycle at Dhanpur village, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, November 8, 2008. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey
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25. An overcrowded train leaves for the city after the final prayer ceremony of Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, February 1, 2009. The three-day long Bishwa Ijtema, Islam's second biggest pilgrimage, ends on Sunday. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
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26. A delivery man peers out from behind the load of bamboo baskets he carries on his flat bed bicycle in a Beijing street March 12. Unable to afford a car or truck, he makes do with the bicycle he bought for 450 yuan ($54.00) as he makes a living delivering goods in and around the national capital
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27. A vendor pulls a cart loaded with various rattan chairs for sale on a street in Shanghai May 22, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
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28. A Moroccan woman sells empty bottles for people arriving from and travelling to Morocco next to the border area which separates Spain and its Maghreb neighbour in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla August 16, 2010. Tensions between Morocco and Spain over immigration and disputed territories have flared into a row, straining ties that are crucial to European efforts to tackle terrorism and illegal migrants. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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29. People try to board a crowded passenger train to take part in the Nat, or spirits, festival, at Taungbyone station, near Mandalay August 21, 2010. The festival is popular with young people for merrymaking and drinking. Spirit mediums take part in the festival and people of
all ages can join in the Nat dance. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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30. A rickshaw puller transports sacks filled with plastic balls on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, October 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey

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