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Saint-Lazare station in central Paris was packed with passengers this morning as commuters head back to work after the holidays. Trains were particularly packed as normal service is yet to resume due to the ongoing transport strike over the government's pension reform plans. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a strike hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, as the Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day. IMAGES
Thousands of passengers are awaiting more information at St Pancras International station in London as the result of a wildcat strike by workers operating the Channel Tunnel which has blocked train travel between France and Britain since midday on Thursday 21 December. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets in London as half a million teachers and workers are on strike throughout Britain, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade. Organised by the TUC, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress, the strike closes thousands of schools and severely disrupts transport. IMAGES
Images of a picket line outside London Bridge station on the second day of the British railway workers' strike. Thousands of rail workers staged the latest day-long walkout over pay and working conditions, plunging commutes into chaos and forcing many people to stay at home. Only around a fifth of services are set to operate on heavily reduced hours, with those still running starting much later in the morning than usual and to end as early as 6:30 pm. IMAGES