Travellers take a break while trekking high above the river Yangtze at Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan province.

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Travellers take a break while trekking high above the river Yangtze at Tiger Leaping Gorge in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The canyon’s landscape, a World heritage site, is under threat by Chinese proposals to build a hydroelectric dam.

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Size: 3540px × 5435px
Location: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province, China
Photo credit: © Thomas Lehne/ lotuseaters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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