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A remaining pond at the dried-up Sawa Lake on the edge of Iraq’s western desert. AFP -
A street sign for Sawa Lake. A sharp drop in rainfall –now only at 30 per cent of what used to be normal for the region – has lowered the underground water table, said a senior advisor at Iraq's water resources ministry. AFP -
Hotels and tourist facilities near Sawa Lake have been abandoned. AFP -
Dry, arid landscape remains. AFP -
What's left of hotel accommodation. AFP -
Iraq's Sawa Lake was once a popular tourist destination. AFP -
What was once a tourist hotspot now stands empty. AFP -
Parts of Sawa Lake are completely dry. AFP -
Bottles and plastic bags litter what was once a luscious lake. AFP -
What was once a lake is now dry, arid landscape. AFP -
Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake, in Iraq's central province of Karbala is also facing the perils of drought. AFP -
Dead fish litter Iraq's Lake Milh. AFP -
Human activity and climate change have combined to turn the site into a barren wasteland with piles of salt. AFP -
This aerial view shows horses running in Lake Milh. AFP -
Sawa Lake is now dry due to years of drought. AFP
Abandoned hotels and dead fish: climate change in Iraq – in pictures
Sawa Lake and Lake Milh drying out after years of neglect
Updated: April 28, 2022, 2:09 PM
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