MAN DISPLACED BY THE THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT LEAVES YICHANG, 2002-08-30 (photo)

ATTENTION EDITORS-THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF NINE IMAGES A man displaced by the Three Gorges Dam project carries his belongings as he boards a special train leaving Yichang in Hubei province enroute to a new home in Guangdong province August 30, 2002. More than 1.13 million residents in the Three Gorges area along the Yangtze River are being displaced by the project, which aims to control the country's mighty Yangtze River and generate electricity. The Three Gorges Dam project is thought to have cost more than any other single construction project in China's history, with unofficial estimates of $75 billion or more. Picture taken August 30, 2002. REUTERS/Guang Niu