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USA - Commuters pack New York City's Brooklyn Bridge during the morning rush hour.

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China - Vehicles are seen jammed on an expressway near a toll station outside Zhengzhou, in China's Henan province.

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India - A passenger reads the newspaper as he commutes to work by a local train in Mumbai.

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Nigeria - Chaos and confusion during a typical morning in downtown Lagos.

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Indonesia - Indonesian workers cling to a commuter train on their way to work in Jakarta.

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England - The look says it all! Stuck in rush hour on the northern line of London's underground (metro) system.

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Philippines - Commuters hang on tightly to the back of a crowded "jeepney" in Cainta, Rizal province.

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Taiwan - People ride on escalators after work, this inside a train station in Taipei.

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Georgia - A lone commuter looks out from a primitive-looking cable car in the town of Chiatura, some 220 km (136 miles) northwest of Tbilisi.

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Sri Lanka - People hang onto a crowded local commuter train as they travel to Colombo.

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Senegal - Passengers look at sheep for sale during the morning commute in Dakar.

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Egypt - At least this female commuter is spared the effort of having to drive through downtown Cairo's chaotic rush hour traffic.

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Democratic Republic of Congo - A local trader rides a wooden bike known as a "chikudu," loaded with goods destined for market near Goma in eastern Congo.

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Brazil - Thousands of commuters cram the Brás train station during rush hour in downtown São Paulo.

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Myanmar - Workers from Myanmar's Mon state look from inside a vehicle taking them back across the border to Myanmar after working in Sangkhlaburi on the Thailand side.

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Peru - Standing room only in a packed public bus in downtown Lima.

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Pakistan - Men are seen at the window of a train about to depart Karachi's Cantonment railway station.

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Thailand - Construction workers sit on a vehicle as they go to work near Wat Thep Sirin Temple in Bangkok.

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Germany - A passenger on a platform in Cologne waits for a train during a strike by German railway operators Deutsche Bahn.

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France - Rush hour traffic clogs the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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Vietnam - A woman returns home from work, walking along a cabbage flower field in Moc Chau district, 200 km (124 miles) west of Hanoi.

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South Sudan - Sudanese returnees commute towards the Afuji border on an open truck from Moyo town, in northern Uganda, to Kajo Keje county in South Sudan.

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Israel - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man looks out of a fogged up bus window in Jerusalem.

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Haiti - A farmer rides a donkey on his way to work in a field on the outskirts of Ganthier.

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Japan - Commuters of all shapes and sizes ride an overcrowded train at a station in Kawasaki.

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Bangladesh - With little regard for personal safety, commuters ride on the roof of a train en route to Dhaka.

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South Africa - A laborer leaves a fuel station after checking the tire pressure on his horse cart in Soweto, near Johannesburg.

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Yemen - Two pick up vans loaded with commuters travel on a road in the western Yemeni province of Houdieda.

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Colombia - The queues increase as passengers wait for a Transmilenio system bus during rush hour in Bogotá.

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Kenya - A man braves the early morning rural rush hour to start his day picking tea leaves at a plantation in the country's Nandi Hills.

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Turkey - A commuter ferry sails past the Ottoman palace of Topkapi, overlooking the Bosphorus straits in Istanbul.

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Belgium - A commuter walks past a closed metro station during a stoppage of the Brussels public transport network.

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Zimbabwe - Commuters pose for a photograph in a train traveling from Harare to Bulawayo.

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Australia - Early morning commuters wait for their ferry to leave Circular Quay wharf in Sydney en route to Manly.

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Canada - A GO commuter train approaches Union Station after two days of snow in Toronto.

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West Bank - Palestinian laborers with permits to work in Israel wait for transport after crossing into Israel at Eyal checkpoint near the West Bank town of Qalqilya.

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Russia - Commuters mingle with tourists as they walk through Prospekt Mira metro station in Moscow.

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Cambodia - Exhausted commuters ride on a van leaving Phnom Penh for their various hometowns.

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Cuba - An elderly villager smokes a cigar as he commutes on horseback in the mountains near Santo Domingo.

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Saudi Arabia -

A woman commutes by car in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving officially ended in June 2018.

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USA - A commuter ferry navigates through an ice floe in the Hudson River between New Jersey and lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Brazil - Unsmiling commuters are seen in a packed public transport bus in Rio de Janeiro.

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England - Weary commuters sit in the top deck of a bus in London.

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India - Commuters returning home on a highway near Midnapore town, about 120 km (74 miles) west of Kolkata.

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USA - Morning commuters wait in a queue for the next available car leaving for Bay Area destinations in San Francisco. Called casual carpooling, this is an efficient but unofficial way to move between home and work.

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France - Commuters wait on a platform for their regional train in a station in central Paris.

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England - A bus carries commuters as it travels over Waterloo Bridge in London.

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USA - The aerial tram in Portland, Oregon carries commuters between the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University campus.

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China - Heavy traffic snakes along a highway during rush hour in Shanghai.

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USA - Commuters ride the Staten Island ferry in New York City.

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India - A group of female commuters in colorful attire stand at an open doorway of a suburban train during the morning rush hour in Kolkata.

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China - An endless flow of vehicles seen on Beijing's Guomao Bridge during rush hour.

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Brazil - Commuters wait patiently for the train at the Estação Sé subway station in downtown São Paulo.

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Philippines - Commuters ride a train during rush hour on Southeast Asia's first light rail transit network, which operates in Manila.

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Japan - A suited businessman steps onto an illuminated walkway in Tokyo on his way to the office.

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Nigeria - Passengers peer nervously from a broken window on a public bus in Lagos.

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India - Commuters stream out of suburban trains at Mumbai's extraordinarily busy Churchgate station.

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England - Commuters wait on the platform at Earl's Court tube (metro) station in London.

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USA -

Rush hour traffic crawls as blowing snow batters Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.

See also: Commutes from hell: cities with the most traffic.

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