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A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape

CNN · Nell Lewis; video by Milly Chan, CNN · last updated

A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a floating city, big enough to house 20,000 people, is being constructed.

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