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Added on the 19/01/2023 06:15:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Crowds are seen at Beijing's railway station as people travel home ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. IMAGES
Images of barricades and police officers surrounding a high-speed railway station ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping's expected arrival in Hong Kong on the eve of 25th anniversary of the city's handover to communist China. IMAGES
Security guards and passengers outside of the Wuhan Hankou Railway Station stand still and bow their heads for three minutes of silence for coronavirus victims and 'martyrs' in a nationwide mourning in China. At 10am (0200 GMT), citizens paused, cars, trains and air-raid sirens sounded in memory of the more than 3,000 lives claimed by the virus in the nation. IMAGES
China's Shenzhou-18 mission takes off from a launch centre in Jiuquan, in the northern Gansu province, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station. The three are set to replace the space station's current crew and will remain in orbit around the Earth for six months. IMAGES
Security officers conduct security checks at a pollling station in Quetta ahead of voting in Pakistan's national and provincial elections. IMAGES