The irrigation channel in the district of Dawwayeh is dry due to low water levels as a result of back to back drought and severe cuts by the Iraqi government. (Photo: AP)
In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heatwaves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest wildfire (Photo: AFP)
Sprinklers spray a field, part of a new water management systems brought by the UN World Food Programme, on a farm in the village of al-Azrakiya. (Photo: AFP)
