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Schoolchildren dance during a music class at a primary school, as seen during a government-organized visit for foreign journalists, in Awati Township in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Monday, April 19, 2021. Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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