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The formations in Atacama's lagoons mirrored ancient rock structures. Measuring around 4 meters across and several meters high, they flaunted shades from brown to green, each shade pointing to a unique microbe community.
Using children to push political beliefs as innocent and unassailable is a common practice in propaganda, one expert says.
As of Wednesday morning, according to the state media, at least 134 people were killed and around a thousand injured in northwestern Gansu province and the neighbouring province of Qinghai.
Temperatures are as low as -16C in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where the magnitude-6.2 quake struck on Monday
The death toll was the highest since an August 2014 quake that killed 617 people in southwest China’s Yunnan province.