Pollution erodes fish stocks and livelihoods in Egyptian lake - in pictures

Local fisherman look elsewhere for their catch since decision was made to dump industrial sewage into the lake

Qarun Lake, set between irrigated farmland and rocky desert south-west of Cairo, used to teem with tilapia, bass, bream and shrimp, offering generous catches to fishermen from surrounding villages. All photos: Reuters

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Sep 02, 2022

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