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In this July 14, 2017 photo, a Bangladeshi trainer shows a swimming technique, as children watch during a swimming training session at a pond in the Shishu Polli Plus area in Sreepur village, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Drowning is a major cause of death among youngsters in Bangladesh, claiming up to 18,000 children under the age of 18 every year, and 43 percent of deaths among children under 5, according to a 2011 government survey. A British charity has partnered with a Bangladeshi research group to offer swimming lessons in this central Bangladeshi farming village for children from poor, rural families. (Photo by A.M. Ahad/AP Photo)
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