A snow covered home along Crescent Drive during a break in the snow storm hitting the Buffalo area in Orchard Park, New York, U.S. November 19, 2022 REUTERS/Carlos Osorio 

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An aircraft passes in front of the moon as it travels above London, Britain, November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

A woman grazes animals close to Al-Bu Hussain village which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Kazem Hussain, 52, applies ointment to the legs of his niece, Zahraa Ali Hassan, 7, to treat a skin problem the family says is caused by contaminated water, in Al Bu Ruwayyshid village, Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. Zahraa's family say that others suffer with the same skin problems and many have diarrhoea due to the water supply. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Taha Yassin, 46, stands inside the deserted home of his neighbour, Hedyya Ouda who's family have left the village of Al-Bouzayyat, in Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. "The village is empty," said Hedyya Ouda, one of the few remaining residents when Reuters visited her in October. Hedyya 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. 

Kazem Hussain, 52, applies ointment to the hands of his niece, Zahraa Ali Hassan, 7, to treat a skin problem the family says is caused by contaminated water, in Al Bu Ruwayyshid village, Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. Zahraa's family say that others suffer with the same skin problems and many have diarrhoea due to the water supply. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hussein Hassan Ibrahim (L), and Kazem Hussein, 52, (R) walk across arid land in Al Bu Ruwayyshid village which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Preview - Doha, Qatar - November 8, 2022 National flags are seen in front of the Crescent Tower REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Preview - Doha, Qatar - November 8, 2022 Night scene of the Crescent Tower REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

The moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Caracas, Venezuela November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria 

A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A flight pass in front of moon during the luna eclips on an annual full moon day festival named Loy Krathong in Bangkok, Thailand November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A flight passes in front of moon during a lunar eclipse on the annual full moon day festival named Loy Krathong, in Bangkok, Thailand November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

Moon is seen during a lunar eclipse on the annual full moon day festival named Loy Krathong, in Bangkok, Thailand November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A partial solar eclipse is pictured over a Christian church in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A partial solar eclipse is pictured, in Karachi, Pakistan October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A partial solar eclipse is pictured, in Karachi, Pakistan October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A bird is silhouetted against the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Istanbul, Turkey, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

The crescent on top of the minaret of Sultanahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, is silhouetted against the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A fragment of a monument to Soviet World War Two commander Marshal Georgy Zhukov is pictured during a partial solar eclipse in central Moscow, Russia October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov 

A view of a partial solar eclipse is seen in Cairo, Egypt October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A view of a partial solar eclipse is seen in Cairo, Egypt October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A partial solar eclipse is pictured behind a mosque's minaret in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa 

A partial solar eclipse is pictured in Baghdad, Iraq October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily 

Haider Jalil, 10, fills a water tank from a truck outside his family home in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Haider Jalil, 10, grazes animals outside the family home in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The skull of a donkey who died due to lack of food and water lies on the ground in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hussein Ali, 31, (L) and Abdul Amir Ali, 23, (R) fill a water tank from a truck, outside their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. Hussein and Abdul's uncle, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abdul Amir Ali, 23, shows a photograph of his late uncle Abbas Elwan, on his phone in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq October 20, 2022. Abbas committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abdul Amir Ali, 23, (C) and Hussein Ali, 31, (R) repair electrical items in their workshop in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. Abdul and Hussein's uncle, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abdul Abbas Ali, 24, works in his barber shop next to his family home, in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. Abdul's uncle, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A boat lies on the dried out shore of the Euphrates river, near Qere Qozaq controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria, October 16, 2022. In Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Low water levels are seen in the Euphrates river, near Qere Qozaq controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria, October 16, 2022. In Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Children play football on the dried up bank of the Euphrates river, near Qere Qozaq controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria, October 16, 2022. In Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Cattle graze along the dried out bank of the Euphrates river, near Qere Qozaq controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria, October 16, 2022. In Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ahmed Hammoud, 33, works on his land close to the Euphrates river, near Qere Qozaq controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria, October 16, 2022. In Syria, levels at dams on the Euphrates have fallen by up to 5 metres, shrinking reservoirs and leaving farmers struggling to access the remaining water reserves. "I stopped farming because it was impossible to irrigate the agricultural land," said Ahmed. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A donkey stands in the scorching heat outside the family home of of Abbas Elwan, in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 14, 2022. Abbas committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ali Elwan, 56, and his son Abdul Amir Ali, 23, walk in the courtyard of Abbas Elwan's home, in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 14, 2022. Ali's brother, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Brothers, Khudair Abbas Elwan, 15, Haider Abbas Elwan, 7, and Hamza Abbas Elwan, 12, (L to R) eat a meal together in their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 14, 2022. The brothers' father, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ali Elwan, 56, Farhan Al-Salal, 55, Mayor of Al Bu Hussain village, and Khudair Abbas Elwan ,15, (L to R) discuss the problem of providing water to the village as they sit inside the guest hall of Abbas Elwan's home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq October 14, 2022. Ali's brother and Khudair's father, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, is seen from above in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 14, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A new canal is seen, which replaces one which has been in use since the nineteen fifties after the water level decreased, in the village of Al-Massa, al-Muthanna, Iraq, October 12, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A herd of buffalo wade in the Euphrates River in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Salt residue is seen on arid farmland in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman collects water from a water tank stored outside her home 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. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Salt residue is seen on arid farmland in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Farhan Al-Salal, 55, Mayor of Al-Bu Hussain village, inspects a well which no longer produces water, in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hedyya Ouda poses for a photograph 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. "The village is empty," said Hedyya Ouda, one of the few remaining residents when Reuters visited her in October. Hedyya 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. 

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. 

Hikma Meteab, 48, carries her daughter Ghufran Abbas, 3, through the courtyard of their family home in Al-Bu Hussain village on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. Hikma's husband, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. 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. 

Hikma Meteab, 48, and her daughter Ghufran Abbas, 3, pose for a photograph at their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. Hikma's husband, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People collect water for their animals from the the al-Thirma river in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hikma Meteab, 48, makes tea as her daughter Ghufran Abbas, 3, watches in their family home in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. Hikma's husband, Abbas Elwan, committed suicide in August after attempts to find water for his parched farmlands failed. Abbas received a monthly?unemployment allowance, but with dwindling crops and rising food prices he went into debt. In desperation, he tried digging wells to grow vegetables. Each well cost the equivalent of his monthly allowance. Each time water would emerge for a few days, and then dry up. "That was his last hope, and there was no water," Abbas's brother Ali told Reuters. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Children play ball games on the dried up riverbed of the Shatt al Mashkhab river, in Najaf city, Iraq, October 10, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fire damage scales the building's exterior at Queensdale Crescent tower block, near the Grenfell Tower, in Shepherd's Bush, London, Britain June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment fire at Queensdale Crescent tower block, near the Grenfell Tower, in Shepherd's Bush, London, Britain June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment fire at Queensdale Crescent tower block, near the Grenfell Tower, in Shepherd's Bush, London, Britain June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment fire at Queensdale Crescent tower block, near the Grenfell Tower, in Shepherd's Bush, London, Britain June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs