Holiday Travel Rush around the World

2013-01-24 01:30:42 GMT2013-01-24 09:30:42(Beijing Time)

Muslims returned home on an overcrowded train after attending the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the third day of the second phase of the largest congregation of Muslims at Airport Railway station Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 January 2013. More than two million Muslims from home and abroad observed the three-day long congregation with prayers on the river bank of Turag.(Photo/Agencies)

An N-700 Shinkansen bullet train left a platform for western Japan as travelers returning to their home regions formed a queue at JR Tokyo Station for the New Year in Tokyo, Japan, 30 December 2012. It is expected that about 30 million Japanese people travel at home and abroad at the end of year and New Year holidays. About 10 million Japanese people will travel by rail. (Photo/Agencies)

Thousands of Muslims came back to their home after finishing the 45th Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest annual congregation of Muslims worldwide after the Hajj, on February 1 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Muslims seek divine blessings for the Muslim Ummah and people the world over. Some more than 3 millions of Muslims from all over the world participated the congregation. The prayer shuns politics and focuses on reviving the tenets of Islam and promoting peace and harmony.(Photo/Agencies)

Muslims climbed up on to a train as they attending the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the third day of the second largest congregation of Muslims at Tongi Railway station in Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15 January 2011. More than two million Muslims from home and abroad observed the three-day long congregation with prayers on the river bank of Turag. (Photo/Agencies)

A huge traffic jam took place on July 28th, 2007, Gerzat, southern France, as some people are back from holidays and the others are starting theirs.(Photo/Agencies)

A man stood on a bus waiting to board a ferry to the Sumatra Island from the port of Merak as Indonesian Muslims traveled back to their home towns by car in a mass departure to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr on September 18, 2009 in Merak Port, Cilegon, Indonesia. Eid celebrates the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and falls on September 20, 2009, according to the Gregorian solar calendar, though falls on the same day annually according to the Islamic lunar calendar.(Photo/Agecnies)