Colombian Farc rebels on 'final march'

A Farc rebel and a dog walk along a path flanked by rebels resting in Cauca province, in Colombia on 31 January 2017. — Image caption,
Members of Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), have embarked on what they say is their "final march".

Farc rebels rest by the side of the road as they march towards a demobilisation zone in Cauca province, in Colombia, on 31 January 2017.

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Farc negotiators signed a revised peace deal with the Colombian government on 24 November to put an end to more than five decades of armed conflict.

Farc rebels march towards a transition zone as a local resident rides past with a child on a motorbike in Cauca province, in Colombia, on 31 January 2017

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Under the deal, the Farc rebels agreed to leave their camps in the jungle and move into 26 transition zones where they will demobilise.

A handout photo provided by the Farc rebels shows them sitting on board a boat in Putumayo province

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The logistics of moving 6,300 fighters to the zones were not easy.

A handout photo provided by the Farc rebels shows them disembarking from a canoe

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The government said it took 450 pickup trucks, 120 cargo trucks, 100 buses, 80 boats, 10 tractors and 35 mules to transport the rebels.

A female Farc rebel carrying her rucksack walks past her comrades in Cauca, Colombia, on 31 January 2017.

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Many of them arrived on foot, with some of them posting pictures of themselves on social media under the hashtag #LasFarcCumplen (#FarcDelivers)

Residents wave white flags as Farc rebels march past in Cauca province, in Colombia, on 31 January 2017.

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In one of the transition zones in Cauca province, the rebels were received by locals waving white flags

A female Farc rebel stands at a transition zone where diggers are still at work

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When the rebels arrived at the transition zones, they found that many of them had not been finished yet, prompting sarcastic tweets from some of them questioning whether they had gone to the right place. The government said it would try to speed up the work.

Workers build a house while members of the Farc sit nearby in La Elvira, in Cauca province, Colombia

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The rebels will stay in the transition areas for up to 180 days. There they will be registered, hand over their weapons and start their reintegration into civilian life.

A Farc rebel pours juice for a local girl as she arrives at a transition zone in Cauca province in Colombia on 31 January 2017

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The last of the Farc's 6,300 fighters are expected to arrive in the transition areas by the end of Wednesday. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tweeted on Tuesday that "war with the Farc is now history".