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TOPSHOT - Local residents ride a scooter through a muddy street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy rains in Zhuozhou city, in northern China's Hebei province on August 9, 2023. China's capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swaths of the city's suburbs and surrounding areas. In Hebei province, which neighbours Beijing, 15 were reported to have died and 22 were missing. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/JADE GAO)