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Heavy machinery moves soil at a makeshift dam while workers hoist giant pipes over mounds of earth at two construction sites in the south of Uruguay, as the South American country struggles to enhance its aging water delivery infrastructure to cope with an unprecedented three-year-long drought that has put at risk the supply of tap water for about 60% of the population. IMAGES
Protesters sing Uruguay's national anthem during an anti-government march in Montevideo over the high levels of salt in the drinking water. The country, crossed by numerous rivers, has had to resort to brackish water sources because of a drought that has lasted for more than three years. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announces that US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to the Texan town of Uvalde on Sunday. SOUNDBITE
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Rome (Italy), Sep 8 (EFE).- (Camera: Mercedes Ortuño Lizarán) The water has returned this Wednesday to the Fountain of the Peltas, in the courtyard of the same name, where the imperial court used to walk in its residence from the Roman Palatine Hill, and now once again a place of "refreshment" thanks to an installation that pays homage to the original structure.FOOTAGE OF THE PELTAS DEL PALATINO ROMANO.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).