Asia's Monsoon

Supual, in the northern Indian state of Bihar
Prashant Ravi / AP

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Supual, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, as seen from the air on August 2, 2007. Though the monsoon is an annual event, this is the heaviest season Bihar has seen in 30 years, bringing incessant rains to a wide area of north India and Bangladesh since June.

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