The Pretzien weir is pulled to ensure that a third of the Elbe water flows into a 21-kilometre-long canal around Schönebeck, Magdeburg and other places in the Elbe lowlands until it flows back into the Elbe, in Pretzien, Germany, Thursday Dec. 28, 2023. The approximately 135-metre-long weir was last opened in June 2013.(Simon Kremer/dpa via AP)
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