Police in three countries are hunting for the parents of a little girl who was abandoned at a railway station in Australia.
Staff at the Melbourne terminus found three-year-old New Zealand toddler Qian Xun Xue crying and alone on Saturday.
Security images showed Xue with a man believed to be her father, Nai Zin Xue, who left the station without her to catch a flight to the US.
"The girl remains calm and composed," said police inspector Brad Shallies.
He added: "Sometimes she spikes in emotions... but the carers settle her back into a routine."
The youngster is being looked after by a foster family in Victoria.
The case has attracted huge media coverage in Australia and New Zealand as authorities try to solve the mystery.
She has been nicknamed "Pumpkin" after the Pumpkin Patch brand of clothing she was wearing when she was found.
Her father is a 54-year-old magazine publisher who moved to New Zealand from China about 10 years ago.
Police said people rang in after recognising the girl and father from images broadcast on television.
The pair had arrived in Australia the previous Thursday on a flight from Auckland.
Police there said the child's mother, Anan Liu, known as Annie, was missing and they were gravely concerned for her safety.
"You can jump to all sorts of conclusions, but there are concerns we haven't heard from her," said a police spokesman.
"The girl remains calm and composed," said police inspector Brad Shallies.
He added: "Sometimes she spikes in emotions... but the carers settle her back into a routine."
The youngster is being looked after by a foster family in Victoria.
The case has attracted huge media coverage in Australia and New Zealand as authorities try to solve the mystery.
She has been nicknamed "Pumpkin" after the Pumpkin Patch brand of clothing she was wearing when she was found.
Her father is a 54-year-old magazine publisher who moved to New Zealand from China about 10 years ago.
Police said people rang in after recognising the girl and father from images broadcast on television.
The pair had arrived in Australia the previous Thursday on a flight from Auckland.
Police there said the child's mother, Anan Liu, known as Annie, was missing and they were gravely concerned for her safety.
"You can jump to all sorts of conclusions, but there are concerns we haven't heard from her," said a police spokesman.
CCTV Of Man Leaving Daughter
An international search is under way after a three-year-old girl, nicknamed Pumpkin, was found abandoned at a railway station in Melbourne. This is footage of her on CCTV with a man and being found by passers-by.
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