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A young boy clears away algae on a bathing beach in Qingdao
06 Jul 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A young boy clears away algae on a bathing beach in Qingdao, Shandong province July 6, 2008. In China's Olympic co-host city Qingdao, sea breezes that usually bring relief from baking summer temperatures now bring a cloying stench from a massive algae bloom that locals fear will harm the city's bucolic image during the Games. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)
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A gardener mows grass near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing July 7, 2008. China's capital has spent 140 billion yuan ($20.34 billion) to combat chronic ...




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