Incredible images capture rush hour around the globe
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It's how billions of people get to and from work every day around the world.
And these incredible images show just how crowded that journey can be for commuters in countries around the globe.
While in the UK, workers are used to jam-packed Tube carriages and bumper-to-bumper cars, in many international cities, being stuck in a traffic jam looks entirely different.
From an overcrowded train in South Africa, to 15 million scooters in a jam in Taiwan, photographers have captured commuters travelling in cities around the globe.
And the results are stunning.
The images reveal the world's highest cable car system shuttling commuters to work in Bolivia, as well as people cramming into a rush-hour train in Beijing.
But as well as the cramped, hellish conditions, these photographs also reveal that some journeys to work can be peaceful and serence.
Passengers drift along on a water taxi along the Chicago River in Chicago, and in Amsterdam, bikers enjoy a free ferry ride to connect to other parts of the city.
Packed commuters: Workers hold on tightly to the front and sides of an overcrowded passenger train in Soweto, South Africa
Thousands of motor scooters wait at a stoplight in Taipei, Taiwan. An effective means of travel, there are estimated to be more than 15 million motorcycles in the city
Despite the fog, cable-cars shuttle commuters between the capital of La Paz with El Alto in Bolivia. This is the world's largest cable-car transport system
Packed in: During morning rush hour in Beijing, China, commuters push to fit inside a train carriage
Morning view! Commuters in Chicago enjoy a water taxi ride up the Chicago River to Michigan Avenue
Photographer Andy Wong has captured commuters going about their business in some of the world's largest cities. Pictured: Evening rush hour in Los Angeles
In Amsterdam, travellers are known to take a free ferry service, which connects different parts of the city
Light refreshments: A boy is pictured traying to sell coconuts to commuters stuck in a traffic jam during rush hour in New Delhi, India
Using a long exposure, a photographer captures light moving during evening rush hour over the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
In Manhattan, 34th Street is populated with many workers en route to another office day in the Big Apple
Busy morning: Pedestrians cross the road in the Hong Kong shopping district of Mongkok during rush hour
Feeling the strain: In this photo, a man closes his eyes while standing in a packed metro car during rush hour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A woman applies makeup while waiting in line at the Western Hemisphere's busiest border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico
North Korean commuters ride a subway in the capital of Pyongyang. Foreign visitors, however, are usually only allowed to take the line one or two stops
In Bangkok, Thailand, commuters dock at a pier to climb off the motorized boat transport system
After a long day, people are pictured crossing the road in the high-density suburbs of Mbare in Harare, Zimbabwe
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