Rivers

Pearl River in Canton, China.

Boats on the Pearl River in Canton, China.

Scenes along the Pearl River in Canton, China.

Japanese shipping boat on the Pearl River in Canton, China.

Boats on the Pearl River in Canton, China.

Godowns (wharfs) along the Pearl River in Canton, China.

Edwin A. Locke, Jr. rides a boat down the Pearl River in Canton during his third mission to China.

Flood water from the Missouri River reaches near the top of a levee in Omaha, Nebraska. Behind the levee is the American Smelting and Refining Company building, well below the present water level.

Flood water from the Missouri River reaches near the top of a levee in Omaha, Nebraska. Behind the levee is the American Smelting and Refining Company building, well below the present water level.

This news photo, transmitted by the Associated Press, shows the Missouri River flood waters in the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa area. In the foreground is the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.