Photos clicked on Wednesday show egrets foraging and frolicking at Bosten Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Amateur photographer Nian Lei, based in Xinjiang, has been photographing Bosten, the largest inland freshwater lake in China, for over three years.

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(All photos taken by Nian Lei)

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