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In Photos: Argentina Airport Strike

The airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina came to a standstill after airline workers, as well as pilots were staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages.

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In Photos: Argentina Airport Strike
Argentina Airport Strike | Photo: AP/Victor R. Caivano

A passenger rests in a check-in area after his flight was suspended at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages.

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A young passenger rests at Ezeiza airport after his flight was suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Argentina Airport Strike | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Workers talk in a baggage area at the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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A passenger talks to a Gol Airlines worker at Jorge Newbery airport after her flight was suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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The Aerolineas Argentinas' check-in area is empty at the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Tourists from Chile sit outside the Jorge Newbery airport after their flight was suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Passengers sit at the Jorge Newbery airport after their flight was suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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A passenger rests after his flight was suspended at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Police stand outside the Jorge Newbery airport during a workers strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina.