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Life in the Thar Desert: A photo story

Community women carrying water in mud pots from the communal well  Umerkot district Sindh province Pakistan  April 2017  (00000003).jpg
Community women carrying water in mud pots from the communal well Umerkot district Sindh province Pakistan April 2017 (00000003).jpg
News26 May 2017Clare Ahern

Prolonged drought is having a devastating impact for people living in Pakistan's Thar Desert. With support from ECHO, the European Commission's humanitarian aid department, we're working with partners to build resilience amongst the region's most vulnerable communities. 

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People gather with jerrycans and other containers to collect water from a tanker cistern in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

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