Cao Lanh, Viet Nam - Socialist Republic of
CHILDREN WADE OUT OF A FLOODED SCHOOL IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA TOWN OF
CAO LANH.
Children negotiate flood waters as they leave school in Cao Lanh,
capital of Vietnam's southern Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta,
on September 22, 2001. Floods in the low-lying delta have claimed at
least 146 lives, most of them very young children, in the past month
and 200,000 have been unable to attend school. REUTERS/Rathavary Duong
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