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CHINA-ENVIRONMENT-OCEANOGRAPHY-ALGAE

This picture taken on June 29, 2014 shows children playing with algae on a beach in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong province as another round of algae growth hit the waters off the city. Authorities in Qingdao has been dealing with huge growth of algae for seven years in a row ever since 2008, with the largest bloom — covering an area of 28,900 square kilometres (7,500 square miles) — appearing in 2013. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO