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Two workers watch the world's largest transport helicopter, Mi-26, carrying fuels in Leigu Town at earthquake-hit Beichuan, Sichuan province, on Thursday May 29, 2008.

This photo shows the partially submerged Yuli Town of worst-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. More and more buildings and roads of Yuli Town were submerged because of the swollen Tangjiashan quake lake, Xinhua said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 30, 2008)

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