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Parents who lost their only child hold signs as they gather in front of the National Health and Family Planning Commission office in Beijing, China, December 1, 2015. Hundreds of such parents demanded financial and legal support from the government for the loss of their only child, according to participants of the gathering. China, the world's most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people, says the once-child policy has averted 400 million births since 1980, saving scarce food resources and helping to pull families out of poverty. The signs read "shidu" (bottom R) or those who have lost their only child, as well as the names of towns where the parents come from. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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