WEEK IN PHOTOS: Tomato Fight, Toxic Lake, More

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Tomato Fight, Toxic Lake, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Tomato Fight, Toxic Lake, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Tomato Fight, Toxic Lake, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Tomato Fight, Toxic Lake, More
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Hefei, Anhui Province, China, June 16, 2009--A fisher grabs a handful of algae that has choked Chaohu Lake.

China has budgeted 51 billion yuan (U.S. $7.5 billion) for nearly three thousand projects that will clean up the water of eight polluted rivers and lakes, including Chaohu.
—Photograph from Reuters
 

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