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Photos of 6th China International Press Photo Contest

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Updated: 2010-03-25 23:20
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Underground water contaminated in Bhopal, India

Photos of 6th China International Press Photo Contest
A lone girl is refreshing under the late monsoon rain in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex, Aug. 25, 2009. When the heavy monsoon rain falls every year, the rain seeps through the buried waste of Union Carbide pollute Bhopal's underground reservoirs. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.