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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
Long periods of drought can have devastatating effects on environment, agriculture, health and the economy. Droughts have also led to mass migration in several parts of the world.
Here's a look at the destruction caused by droughts across the world...
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A boat is seen stranded on the cracked bed of a dried area of Xieshan, which is part of Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province May 4, 2011.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A dead alligator lies in a drying lake that forms part of the Amazon river system, near the city of Manaquiri, Brazil, November 22, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A boy walks on the dried-up riverbed of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou, southwestern China's Chongqing municipality, August 28, 2006.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A shoe lies on the dry bottom of the Barrios de Luna reservoir in the northern Spanish province of Leon February 14, 2008.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A local resident walks on a dried-up riverbed at Huangyangchuan reservoir in Lanzhou, Gansu province, China, July 16, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A boy leads his cattle to a partially dried-up pond on the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province, China, November 7, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A yellow flower is seen in the bed of a dried-up pond on the outskirts of Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province July 8, 2007.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A Sudanese refugee rides his donkey at dusk as he crosses a dry riverbed near Bredjing camp in eastern Chad August 4, 2004.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A farmer walks on a dried-up pond on the outskirts of Baokang, central China's Hubei province, June 10, 2007.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
An Indian farmer walks with his hungry cow through a parched paddy field in Agartala, capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, March 10, 2005.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A farmer's hat lies on the dried-up bed of an irrigation canal leading from Honghu Lake, near Honghu city in central China's Hubei province, May 29, 2011.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A farmer digs up roots of plants for firewood in a dried-up river bed at the base of the Wangkuai Dam wall in the village of Zhengjiazhuang in Hebei Province, located around 160 km (100 miles) south of Beijing January 16, 2008.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A farmer works on a drought-hit paddy field in the outskirts of Chongqing municipality, China, March 24, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A gumboot sits atop a fencepost on the site of the old town of Adaminaby as it re-emerges out of Lake Eucumbene, located 150 km (93 miles) south of the Australian capital Canberra June 5, 2007.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
People roll and drag water containers in Wajir, Kenya, in this recently taken handout photo released on July 21, 2011.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A dead fish lies on the cracked earth of the drought-stricken La Sorrueda reservoir near Santa Lucia village, at the Spain's Canary island of Gran Canaria, March 22, 2012.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A dry tree branch lies on the cracked earth of the drought-stricken Entrepenas reservoir in central Spain August 11, 2006.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
The carcass of a cow lie on a roadside in Rift Valley town of Kajiado, 75 km (47 miles) south of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, March 25, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A farmer carries pails to transport water from a partially dried-up pond at the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province, China, February 5, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
The 70-year-old Sunken cemetery is seen after the Jablanicko lake dried up near Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 1, 2012.
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:As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
A family carry containers as they walk on a partially dried-up reservoir to collect water in Kaiyang county, Guizhou province, March 16, 2010.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
Footprints mark the bank of a partially dried-up pond near downtown Dallas, Texas August 1, 2011.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
Girls play in a deserted boat on a dry lake caused by a lack of water upstream in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, February 12, 2009.
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As water becomes scarce, droughts ravage the world
The sun sets over a dry patch of land in Parras de La Fuente in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, November 24, 2011.