Parts of flagpoles are seen while the China-Russia boundary marker is submerged under water on the flooded Heixiazi Island in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 1, 2013. All the residents on the island had been evacuated. The Heilongjiang River has swelled since mid-August, with some sections of its middle and lower reaches seeing their worst floods in history. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei) |