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People queue with plastic jerrycans at a water filling point in Gaza City as war rages on. The impoverished Palestinian territory, under a crippling Israeli-led blockade for years and besieged since war erupted on October 7, suffers severe shortages of food, water and fuel, and medical supplies are scarce. IMAGES
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
Sudanese fill water in barrels mounted on donkey-pulled carts in southern Khartoum amid water shortages caused by ongoing battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese general. IMAGES
Rio Monte, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- The water levels at the Russian River are at historic lows amid a drought in Northern California. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: THE RUSSIAN RIVER IN RIO MONTE, CALIFORNIA, US.
Ethiopia's Water Minister Seleshi Bekele says his country will continue to fill a mega-dam on the Nile River that has caused a dispute with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it in 2011. SOUNDBITE
San Salvador, Aug 19 (EFE).- A Salvadoran city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic also is facing a water crisis that is making it difficult for its inhabitants to practice frequent hand-washing, one of the main recommendations for preventing the spread of Covid-19.(CAMERA:Vladimir Chicas)
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