A 500kg aerial bomb was salvaged from the Yangtze River in Shanghai, east China on Mar. 5, 2007. The un-detonated bomb was dropped by a Japanese war plane during WWII. Experts have said that the bomb is still intact and that, because of the danger it poses to passing ships, it must be removed.

Police officers drag the bomb out of the river on Mar.5, 2007.

Police officers move the bomb to safety on Mar.5, 2007.

Police officers measure and photograph the salvaged bomb on Mar. 5, 2007.

(CRI, Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2007)