An anti-nuclear activist with Greenpeace Germany picks through discarded tires to measure a more insidious waste—high radiation levels on the banks of the Techa River in Russia's Ural Mountains.

一名德国绿色和平组织的反核污染积极分子在检测俄罗斯乌拉尔山捷科河畔的废旧轮胎时，发现那里是高辐射地区。

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The saffron swan of dawn, slow swimming up the sky-river between the high roof-banks, bent her neck down through the dark air-water to look at him staggering below her, with his still smoking wick.

破晓的金色天鹅在高大屋顶之间的天河中缓缓游弋而来，弯下脖颈，穿过如水般的黑夜看着他在下面蹒跚而行，灯芯儿还冒着烟。

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The temple, which lies on the banks of the Yellow River in Jiaxian, Shaanxi Province, is supported by a stone column that is more than 20 meters high.

香炉寺位于陕西省佳县境内的黄河崖畔。

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Minc said he wants to stop construction of homes in high-risk areas, such as river banks or steep mountain slopes -- a practice that he said was encouraged by previous governments.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

City residents were urged to evacuate after the authorities warned them that Bangkok's Chao Phraya River could burst its banks over the weekend due to high tides, which are expected to last until Monday.

BBC: Thailand PM Yingluck hopeful as inner Bangkok stays dry

As the wide sweep of the Neretva river runs down from the high ground, it enters the city of Mostar where it narrows between steep-sided river banks.

BBC: The new Mostar bridge