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Published: 14:06, October 12, 2022 | Updated: 14:08, October 12, 2022
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Running dry
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Egrets search for food in drought-parched Poyang Lake in Shangrao, Jiangxi province, in September. Following heat waves and scant precipitation since July, the surface of what had been China’s largest freshwater lake shrank by more than 90 percent. (AI SHIMIN / FOR CHINA DAILY)


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