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Added on the 05/08/2022 10:56:48 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Taxis and traditional gondolas have been struggling to pass through the dwindling waterways.
Gondolas lay beached along a series of Venice's famed canals this week, as low tides and a lack of rain left would-be punters high and dry. Tourists out on the deeper, busier canals sailed passed exposed foundations of ancient palazzos in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, while in shallower ones, forlorn boats sat on silty mud flats.
Months of scorching sun and a lack of rainfall have contributed to making grapes ripen early this year.
In South Africa, the Eastern Cape province is seeing repeated droughts since 2016.
Communities living along Italy's longest river are fearful for its future, as they endure a drought which has left it almost dry.
Following the Hamas militant group's 7 October attacks and Israel's subsequent ground offensive in Gaza, there have been apparent reprisals against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.