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Several swans take off at Qinghai Lake in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, on March 1, 2008. The Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve estimates that a record number of 4,400 swans spent the winter at the lake.
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Swans rest on Qinghai Lake in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, on March 1, 2008. The Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve estimates that a record number of 4,400 swans spent the winter at the lake.
(CRI, Xinhuan News Agency March 3, 2008)