Severe drought and water scarcity is impacting communities from Africa to South America and the Middle East, with experts blaming a combination of human-caused global heating and the El Nino weather cycle.
As worsening drought impacts the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, countries from Turkey to Syria and Iraq are dealing both with water stress and struggling hydropower plants.
The Pacific El Nino phenomenon, which is responsible for recurring extreme weather events worldwide, looks set to be particularly intense as it returns this year after a six-year hiatus.