The remains of a house are seen in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. In the the village of Al-Bouzayyat many have left for cities or other provinces in search of jobs. "The village is empty," said Hedyya Ouda, one of the few remaining residents when Reuters visited her in October. Ouda and her husband stopped growing wheat and barley three years ago because of water shortages, sold their livestock and were forced to travel about 60 km (40 miles) twice a month to buy drinking water. When Reuters returned to their village in November, both had left for the city. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sandal lies on the floor of an abandoned house in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11 2022. In the the village of Al-Bouzayyat many have left for cities or other provinces in search of jobs. "The village is empty," said Hedyya Ouda, one of the few remaining residents when Reuters visited her in October. Ouda and her husband stopped growing wheat and barley three years ago because of water shortages, sold their livestock and were forced to travel about 60 km (40 miles) twice a month to buy drinking water. When Reuters returned to their village in November, both had left for the city. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A "sold" sign is seen outside of a recently purchased home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger 

Sri Wahyuningsih, 51, shows a picture of her father who died last March, at her house in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 8, 2022. After waiting more than a decade, Sri's parents were supposed to make the trip to Mecca in 2020 but that was cancelled because the coronavirus pandemic halted most international travel. Sutrisno sold his car and saved up 105 million rupiah over nine years to fund the trip for his wife's parents but the two-year hiatus cost them their chance to go together. "We didn't expect the pandemic to come so fast and stay for so long," he said. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan SEARCH "KURNIAWAN INDONESIA HAJ" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A general view of a fenced house sold by the villagers of Gornje Nedeljice to the company Rio Tinto, which plans to build an underground mine for the exploitation of jadarite, in Serbia, August 9, 2021. Picture taken August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic 

A general view of a fenced house sold by the villagers of Gornje Nedeljice to the company Rio Tinto, which plans to build an underground mine for the exploitation of jadarite, in Serbia, August 9, 2021. Picture taken August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic 

A general view of a fenced house without a roof sold by the villagers of Gornje Nedeljice to the mining company Rio Tinto, which plans to build an underground mine for the exploitation of jadarite, in Serbia, August 9, 2021. Picture taken August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic 

A gallery assistant poses with 'Untitled, 1944' by Alexander Calder, due to be sold at the 20th/21st Century auction series, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A derelict home, which sold for A$1.6 million, is seen in Sydney's northwest in Australia June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Swati Pandey 

A derelict home, which sold for A$1.6 million, is seen in Sydney's northwest in Australia June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Swati Pandey 

A man walks past a derelict home, which sold for A$1.6 million, in Sydney's northwest in Australia June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Swati Pandey 

A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren ? 

A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren ? 

A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren ? 

A realtor's for sale sign stands outside a house that had been sold in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren ? 

A sold sign is seen outside a house at the tourist destination of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg 

A sold sign is seen outside a house at the tourist destination of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg 

A sold sign is seen outside a house in the tourist destination of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg 

A sold sign is seen outside a house in the tourist destination of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with the tennis racket from the 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' Wimbledon' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with sneakers from the 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with sneakers from the 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with sneakers from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with sneakers from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with the tennis racket from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with the racket and sneakers from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with the racket and sneakers from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets and sneakers from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets and sneakers from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets and sneakers from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A Christie's gallery assistant poses with sneakers from the 'French Open, 2009' lot included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Christie's gallery assistants pose with rackets from 'The Championships, Wimbledon, 2007' and 'French Open, 2009' lots included in 'The Roger Federer Collection', due to be sold at auction, at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. Picture taken April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Pedro Campos, who lost his job last year when the restaurant where he worked closed after riots in Santiago broke out over social injustice and entrenched inequality, poses for a picture next to his wife Francisca and their daughters Amelia and Celeste after delivering homemade bread that they baked and sold to their neighbours at their house at Puente Alto area, on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile October 6, 2020. Picture taken October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A sold sign is seen on the wall of a house on a new Barratt Homes housing development near Warrington, Britain, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

A "sold" sign is seen attached to a newly built property at a Barratt housing development near Haywards Heath, Britain, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls 

A newly constructed single family home is shown as sold in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A newly constructed single family home is shown as sold in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Donald Trump themed toilet paper rolls sit in a trolley as it is being sold by a man raising mental awareness outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson 

Venezuelan migrant Maria Valdez, 31, poses for a picture with her children Yoimairy, 9, and Darien, 1, while they wait to process their documents at the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border service centre, before they continue their journey, on the outskirts of Tumbes, Peru, June 17, 2019. Maria Valdez sold her house one year ago to raise the money to pay for her husband to travel to Peru. "My husband went first, I sent him, but I didn't want to go. But as the money he sent was not enough, we decided to come," Valdez said. "As soon as I was in Caracas, I wanted to return home, the bus was asking for cash and I did not have it, my daughter started crying and saying that she did not want to go, it was horrible." "But because of my children I maintained the strength to continue." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "MOTHERS REFUGEE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A worker passes a paper replica of a house at a wholesale market where supplies for ceremonial rites for the dead are sold, in Mibeizhuang, Xiong county, Hebei province, China March 24, 2019, ahead of the annual Qingming tomb-sweeping festival on April 5. Dubbed by locals as the "Ghost Street", the market offers paper-made items including Hell notes and paper replicas of everyday items, and is referred to by local media as the largest of its kind in the country. Picture taken March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee 

A sign reading "Sold" is seen on the window of a house in Nice, France, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

A sign reading "Sold" is seen on the window of a house in Nice, France, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

A sticker that reads "Sold" is seen over a housing ad at a real estate agency in Madrid, Spain, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Meron Eren of Kedem Auction House holds a letter handwritten by composer Richard Wagner in 1869, before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Meron Eren of Kedem Auction House holds a letter handwritten by composer Richard Wagner in 1869, before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Meron Eren of Kedem Auction House uses a magnifying glass to look at a letter handwritten by composer Richard Wagner in 1869, before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

People pass a sign reading "Sold Out" below a condominium building under construction in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

People pass a sign reading "Sold Out" below a condominium building under construction in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

A letter written by Albert Einstein in 1928, in which according to the auction house he outlined ideas for his "Third Stage of the Theory of Relativity", is seen before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

A letter written by Albert Einstein in 1928, in which according to the auction house he outlined ideas for his "Third Stage of the Theory of Relativity", is seen before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Property sold signs are seen on windows of a group of newly built houses in west London, Britain, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

Property sold signs are seen on windows of a group of newly built houses in west London, Britain, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

Property sold signs are seen on windows of a group of newly built houses in west London, Britain, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

A real estate sign with a sold sticker is seen on a property at a housing development in the western Sydney suburb of Oran Park in Australia, October 21, 2017. Picture taken October 21, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray 

A real estate sign can be seen with a sold sticker attached on a property at a housing development located in the western Sydney suburb of Oran Park in Australia, October 21, 2017. Picture taken October 21, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray 

A general view of Mount Nicholson project developed by Wheelock and Company, with one of the four-bedroom houses sold for HK$1.16 billion ($148.7 million), in Hong Kong, China November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip