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Yangshuo, China, at night

June 20, 2014 | Urban Formations

Yangshuo, China, was a sleepy village two decades ago, when foreign climbers and cavers began frequenting nearby formations. Today domestic tourists vastly outnumber foreign visitors.

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Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic