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Boys bathe near a water barrel in Maros district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. The dry season has forced people to walk for miles to get water, villagers say.
REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad
Boys bathe near a water barrel in Maros district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. The dry season has forced people to walk for miles to get water, villagers say.
REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad
