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Eco-photos of the week: Aug. 8-14

By: Catie Leary on Aug. 13, 2010, 7:03 a.m.

Watermelon harvest in China

Photo: ZUMA Press

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Watermelon harvest

A farmer piles up watermelons during the harvest at Xinshui Village, Zhongwei in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Aug. 9. The farmers in Zhongwei have developed a way to plant watermelons in gravel-mulched field, which is supposed to make watermelons more juicy and delicious.

HIkers from China take part in the Fjallraven Classic

Fish seller Jeff Kirkpatrick tosses a salmon

Winners of an UNEP art contest draw in Kenya

Splish splash at Battery Park

Recovering from the china mudslides

Ice island 4 times larger than Manhattan

Hyena pup is shown off to world

A lookout hut is half submerged by floodwaters in Goerlitz, Germany

Red kangaroos hang out at the Berlin Zoo

Argiope aurantia or writing spider

Massive tree drifts ashore

Woman walks through Moscow with a mask to avoid smog

European high diving championship in Budapest

Man walks with dogs near the Arabian Sea shore in Mumbai

Protester in Manhattan holds a 'Let them drink gas' sign

Watermelon harvest in China

A park bench is submerged in River Elbe flooding

Tourists flock to Dalian, despite oil spill

Watermelon harvest

A farmer piles up watermelons during the harvest at Xinshui Village, Zhongwei in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Aug. 9. The farmers in Zhongwei have developed a way to plant watermelons in gravel-mulched field, which is supposed to make watermelons more juicy and delicious.