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Plunging water levels of the Yangtze River have revealed a submerged island in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing and a trio of Buddhist statues on it that are believed to be 600 years old, state media Xinhua has reported.

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The Yangtze’s water levels have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heatwave in China’s southwestern region.

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