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Serbs wade in shrinking Danube as dredgers work flat-out

Boats lie on the dried river bed of the Danube in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic

Serbian sunseekers flocking to the riverside beaches of Novi Sad have adopted new pastime this summer - wading across a vast stretch of the Danube usually reserved for cargo barges and cruise ships.

The navigable channel of western Europe's longest river, a trade and transport artery that passes through ten countries, is usually several hundred metres (yards) wide where it flows through Serbia's second-largest city.

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