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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2011, shows the village of Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province. The village, like many farming villages in inland China, sees most of its laborers migrate to major cities to find work. China has about 200 million migrant workers.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei, his father, mother and younger brother, who gathered at home for the lunar New Year holiday, warm their hands at a fireplace in their living room on Jan. 31, 2011 in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. The family only get together once a year during the holiday, as Lei, his father and brother are migrant workers.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (C) plays mah-jong with other migrant workers who returned home for the lunar New Year in Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (R) prepares dumplings with his parents on Feb. 2, 2011, on the eve of lunar New Year, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - (From L to R) Chen Lei, a migrant worker in Beijing, his father Huacheng, another migrant worker, his mother Yang Xuanying and his brother Yang, also a migrant worker, shop for decorations for the lunar New Year, on Feb. 1, 2011, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (L), a migrant worker in Beijing, takes a ride as he arrives at his hometown of Shihuazhen, a farming village in Hubei Province, after traveling 1,100 kilometers, on Jan. 31, 2011. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family gets together.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei, his father, mother and younger brother, who gathered at home for the lunar New Year holiday, warm their hands at a fireplace in their living room on Jan. 31, 2011 in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. The family only get together once a year during the holiday, as Lei, his father and brother are migrant workers. (Kyodo)

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - (From L to R) Chen Lei, a migrant worker in Beijing, his father Huacheng, another migrant worker, his mother Yang Xuanying and his brother Yang, also a migrant worker, shop for decorations for the lunar New Year, on Feb. 1, 2011, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together. (Kyodo)

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (C) plays mah-jong with other migrant workers who returned home for the lunar New Year in Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province, on Jan. 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (L), a migrant worker in Beijing, takes a ride as he arrives at his hometown of Shihuazhen, a farming village in Hubei Province, after traveling 1,100 kilometers, on Jan. 31, 2011. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family gets together. (Kyodo)

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2011, shows the village of Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province. The village, like many farming villages in inland China, sees most of its laborers migrate to major cities to find work. China has about 200 million migrant workers. (Kyodo)

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (R) prepares dumplings with his parents on Feb. 2, 2011, on the eve of lunar New Year, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together. (Kyodo)