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Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis

A general view of the dried up Lake Sawa Iraq, is seen Saturday, June 4, 2022. This year, for the first time in its centuries-long history, Sawa Lake dried up completely. A combination of mismanagement by local investors, government neglect and climate change has ground down its azure shores to chunks of salt. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis