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A man walks through a dry paddy field after collecting water in a cave in Kars Maros
02 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A man walks through a dry paddy field after collecting water in a cave in Kars Maros district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi Province November 2, 2009. Thousands of villagers living along the Kars area are suffering water shortage due to a long drought season. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
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