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An Iranian man works at Hassan Ali Firouzabadi's pistachio farm on August 14, 2016 in Izadabad, a village in the southern Iranian Kerman province. Time is running out for the industry as unconstrained farming and climate change take a devastating toll. Atta Kenare / AFP

Iran’s pistachio farms dying of thirst

WorldSeptember 04, 2016

Shepherd Ntoaesele Mashongoane, 32, calls to his flock near the Katse dam in Lesotho on July 13, 2016. John Wessels / AFP

Drought-stricken Lesotho exports water to South Africa

WorldAugust 13, 2016

An elderly Indian villager washes utensils with contaminated water at a borewell in the village of Gangnauli in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Sajjad Hussain Wani/AFP

Rains or not, India faces drinking water crisis

WorldJune 28, 2016

Myanmar’s betel chewers swallowing hard at high prices

Myanmar’s betel chewers swallowing hard at high prices

AsiaJune 09, 2016

Cambodia's royal oxen predict 'bountiful' harvest despite severe drought

AsiaMay 24, 2016

Temperatures in India regularly cross 40 degree C in May and June. Roberto Schmidt / AFP

A deadly wave

OpinionMay 21, 2016

India’s monsoon rains expected a week late

WorldMay 15, 2016

Canadian society is likely to have been made stronger and more cohesive by the Fort McMurray fires. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)

Joining the dots between Fort McMurray and Aleppo

OpinionMay 12, 2016

A dog walks over a drought hit plot of land in Ben Tre Province, Vietnam. Christian Berg / Getty Images

Asia's next major conflict will be over fresh water

OpinionMay 10, 2016

Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal takes part in a training session at the College of Military Engineering in Pune. Dattu Bhokanal, a rower from a drought-stricken village in dusty western India where residents don't have enough to drink has achieved an improbable feat – he's qualified for the summer Olympics in Rio. AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE

Dattu Bhokanal goes from drought-stricken India village to rowing at Rio Olympics

SportMay 10, 2016

Anusha Jadhav cooks her evening meal of rice and dal in the camp at Ghatkopar on the outskirts of north Mumbai. Subhash Sharma for The National

Indians flock to makeshift Mumbai camp amid worst drought in decades

WorldMay 03, 2016

Forest fires sweep across north India

WorldMay 02, 2016

Gunmen stand guard over a water reservoir in Tikamgarh in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, protecting the water against thefts by desperate farmers from a neighbouring state as India suffers from a crippling drought. Money Sharma / AFP

‘Water more precious than gold’ as India struggles with drought

WorldMay 01, 2016

Women carry containers to collect drinking water from an almost dried up well at Talad village near Jammu. Channi Anand / AP Photo

India must solve its water crisis

OpinionMay 01, 2016

Central Indian district devastated by drought - in pictures

Central Indian district devastated by drought - in pictures

WorldApril 24, 2016

Kamalbai with a picture of her farmer husband Mahakant Mali, 55, who committed suicide by hanging himself from a dried Mango tree after failed crops plunged him into debt. (Subhash Sharma for The National)

India drought drives farmers to suicide

WorldApril 23, 2016

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