Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

In this aerial photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Luoxingdun Island is seen in the dried lake bed of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, in eastern China's Jiangxi Province on Aug. 17, 2022. With China's biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops. (Wan Xiang/Xinhua via AP)