Peasants swarm into Xinjiang to harvest cotton (1/5)

A farmer who will serve as cotton picker in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region prepares to board a special train at the railway station in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 5, 2013. Peasants swarm into Xinjiang every year to harvest cotton there. (Xinhua/Hou Deqiang)