The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water for only two pools now remains. A huge expanse of dried and cracked earth that was once the lake bed is littered with fish skeletons and desperate animals searching for water. Amid an historic 13-year drought, rainfall levels have slumped in this South American nation that hugs the continent's Pacific coast. Higher air temperatures have meant snow in the Andes, once a key store of meltwater for spring and summer, is not compacting, melts faster, or turns straight to vapor. The drought has hit mine output in the world's largest copper producer, stoked tensions over water use for lithium and farming, and led capital Santiago to make unprecedented plans for potential water rationing. ?We have to beg God to send us water,? said Amanda Carrasco, a 54-year-old who lives near the Penuelas reservoir and recalls line fishing in the waters for local pejerrey fish. ?I've never seen it like this. There's been less water before, but not like now.? REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado SEARCH "DROUGHT PENUELAS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Kate Pocklington, 32, a Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum conservator from Britain, removes flesh from the ribs of a sperm whale carcass near the western coast of Singapore July 13, 2015. Pocklington is part of a five-man team who will spend up to two weeks to deflesh the carcass before preparing the skeleton for display at the museum. The 10.6m (35 ft.) long female sperm whale beached itself onto Singapore shores on Friday and according to local media, was a species that had never previously been found in the waters around Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The skeletons of nesting trees lay along the coast of Cat Island in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 19, 2015. The once lush nesting site for thousands of birds was devastated by the BP oil spill. Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallon of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never recover. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman 

Waves crash against the skeletons of nesting trees along the coast of Cat Island in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 19, 2015. The once lush nesting site for thousands of birds was devastated by the BP oil spill. Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallon of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never recover. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman 

A close up shows a skeleton with ceramic pots in the tomb of a priestess of the Moche culture recently excavated and found at San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo August 2, 2013.
Researchers and students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru found the tomb of the priestess of the Moche culture dating some 1,200 years old. The tomb contains the body of the priestess covered in copper plates with seven companions and ceramic vessels pottery. Luis Jaime Castillo, project manager of San Jose De Moro arqueologico site, said a copper headdress and other ornaments found revealled the body to be that of a priestess.The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY)

Archeology students and workers clean the tomb of a priestess of the Moche culture recently excavated and found at San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo August 2, 2013.
Researchers and students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru found the tomb of the priestess of the Moche culture dating some 1,200 years old. The tomb contains the body of the priestess covered in copper plates with seven companions and ceramic vessels pottery. Luis Jaime Castillo, project manager of San Jose De Moro arqueologico site, said a copper headdress and other ornaments found revealled the body to be that of a priestess.The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY)

Students clean skeletons from the ancient Moche culture, which is recently excavated and found in a tomb, at the San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo, July 19, 2013. The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru which is about 1,000 years old. Students from around the world participated in a Field School Program in Moro to perform excavations at the site. Picture taken July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

A worker cleans a skeleton from the ancient Moche culture, which is recently excavated and found in a tomb, at the San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo, July 19, 2013. The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru which is about 1,000 years old. Students from around the world participated in a Field School Program in Moro to perform excavations at the site. Picture taken July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

A skeleton from the ancient Moche culture, which is recently excavated and found in a tomb, is seen at the San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo, July 19, 2013. The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru which is about 1,000 years old. Students from around the world participated in a Field School Program in Moro to perform excavations at the site. Picture taken July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

A worker cleans a skeleton from the ancient Moche culture, which is recently excavated and found in a tomb, at the San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo, July 19, 2013. The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru which is about 1,000 years old. Students from around the world participated in a Field School Program in Moro to perform excavations at the site. Picture taken July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

A student cleans a skeleton from the ancient Moche culture, which is recently excavated and found in a tomb, at the San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo, July 18, 2013. The site is a ceremonial and funerary complex located in the north coast of Peru which is about 1,000 years old. Students from around the world participated in a Field School Program in Moro to perform excavations at the site. Picture taken July 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

Workers construct fake bones for an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

A worker repairs a bone from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers construct fake bones for an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Students look at an unidentified whale skeleton during restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers clean the bones from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers remove a bone from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

A photographer takes pictures of a bone from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

An unidentified whale skeleton is seen during restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

An unidentified whale skeleton is seen during a restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Students look at an unidentified whale skeleton during restoration works at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION) 

Bones from an unidentified whale skeleton are seen on a table as part of a restoration work at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers clean the bones from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of a restoration work at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5 2012. According local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers carry a bone from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of a restoration work at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

A worker removes a bone from an unidentified whale skeleton as part of a restoration work at the natural history museum of Santiago, December 5, 2012. According to local media, the skeleton, which was found more than a century ago on Chile's central coast will be cleaned, restored and officially identified by scientists of the museum in mid-December. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

People stop to look at the vertebrae of a blue whale sitting outside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2010. The blue whale died in 1987 and washed ashore on Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast. The skeleton was excavated in 2008 and will be put on display in the museum. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

Master articulator Mike deRoos looks at the vertebrae of a blue whale sitting outside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2010. The blue whale died in 1987 and washed ashore on Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast. The skeleton was excavated in 2008 and will be put on display in the museum. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

People stop to look at the vertebrae of a blue whale sitting outside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2010. The blue whale died in 1987 and washed ashore on Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast. The skeleton was excavated in 2008 and will be put on display in the museum. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A replica of the Lord of Sipan (C) is displayed at his tomb at the Huaca Rajada site in the northern city of Chiclayo, March 29, 2010. The Huaca Rajada site is the place where the tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered in 1987. Flanked by ancient pyramids, it includes a new museum with masks, ceramics and jewellery that historians say are from the ancient Sipan and Moche culture, which flourished on Peru's coast from about 100 AD to 600 AD. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) 

A replica of the Lord of Sipan (C) is displayed at his tomb at the Huaca Rajada site in the northern city of Chiclayo, March 29, 2010. The Huaca Rajada site is the place where the tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered in 1987. Flanked by ancient pyramids, it includes a new museum with masks, ceramics and jewellery that historians say are from the ancient Sipan and Moche culture, which flourished on Peru's coast from about 100 AD to 600 AD. Picture taken March 29, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY TRAVEL) 

Remains of the "Warrior Priest" from the Moche culture are displayed at the museum of the Huaca Rajada site in the northern city of Chiclayo, March 29, 2010. The Huaca Rajada site is the place where the tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered in 1987. Flanked by ancient pyramids, it includes a new museum with masks, ceramics and jewellery that historians say are from the ancient Sipan and Moche culture, which flourished on Peru's coast from about 100 AD to 600 AD. Picture taken March 29, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) 

A researcher from the Israeli Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Centre (IMMRA) of Haifa University clears soil off the skeleton of a 14 meters long (45.9 feet) whale at the beach of the coastal city of Ashkelon April 26, 2009. Israeli researchers unearthed on Sunday the remains of a 2-year-old whale calf that died off Israel's shores in 2008. The researchers dug up the bones that were buried last year in what they say is an effort to learn more about what brings this specific species to this part of the Mediterranean, which is not their natural habitat. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A researcher from the Israeli Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Centre (IMMRA) of Haifa University inspects the skeleton of a 14 meters long (45.9 feet) whale at the beach of the coastal city of Ashkelon April 26, 2009. Israeli researchers unearthed on Sunday the remains of a 2-year-old whale calf that died off Israel's shores in 2008. The researchers dug up the bones that were buried last year in what they say is an effort to learn more about what brings this specific species to this part of the Mediterranean, which is not their natural habitat. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Researchers from the Israeli Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Centre (IMMRA) of Haifa University inspect the skeleton of a 14 meters long (45.9 feet) whale at the beach of the coastal city of Ashkelon April 26, 2009. Israeli researchers unearthed on Sunday the remains of a 2-year-old whale calf that died off Israel's shores in 2008. The researchers dug up the bones that were buried last year in what they say is an effort to learn more about what brings this specific species to this part of the Mediterranean, which is not their natural habitat. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A replica of the Lord of Sipan (C) is displayed at his tomb near "Huaca Rajada" museum in the northern city of Chiclayo January 29, 2009. Peru's newest museum opened on Thursday -- only meters away from where the golden tomb of the Lord of Sipan, which has been dubbed the "Tutankhamen of the Americas" was discovered in 1987. The new museum, called Huaca Rajada, includes finds made at the sprawling archeological dig since 2007. Flanked by ancient pyramids, the new museum showcases masks, ceramics and jewelry that historians say are from the ancient Moche culture, which flourished on Peru's coast from about 100 AD to 600 AD. To match Life! PERU-ARCHEOLOGY/MUSEUM REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU) 

Remains of the "Warrior Priest" from the ancient Moche culture, that was discovered at the Huaca Rajada site is displayed with ceramics at the museum in the northern city of Chiclayo, January 29, 2009. Peru's newest museum opened on Thursday -- only meters away from where the golden tomb of the Lord of Sipan, which has been dubbed the "Tutankhamen of the Americas" was discovered in 1987. The new museum, called Huaca Rajada, includes finds made at the sprawling archeological dig since 2007. Flanked by ancient pyramids, the new museum showcases masks, ceramics and jewelry that historians say are from the ancient Moche culture, which flourished on Peru's coast from about 100 AD to 600 AD. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU) 

Britain's Prince Harry helps dig a path for their vehicles during an expedition to Lesotho with the members of the Household Cavalry in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia June 30, 2008. Harry, along with 26 other soldiers from the Household Cavalry Regiment, will spend the next three weeks undertaking building works at a centre in north Lesotho. Photo taken June 30, 2008. REUTERS/Ed Lane Fox/Pool (LESOTHO) 

Thai ship Bangkhunnon lowers the skeleton of a garbage truck into the Gulf of Thailand, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) from the southern province of Pattani June 23, 2006. Thailand dumped 189 old garbage trucks off its southern coast on Friday in a bid to build an artificial reef to lure fish for local fishermen. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND) 

Thai ship Bangkhunnon lowers the skeleton of a garbage truck into the Gulf of Thailand, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) from the southern province of Pattani, June 23, 2006. Thailand dumped 189 old garbage trucks off its southern coast on Friday in a bid to build an artificial reef to lure fish for local fishermen. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND) 

Technicians Ryan McCullough, top, and Kevin Krudwig assemble the skeleton of a hump back whale in New York on June 21, 2004 in preparation for Geurnsey's auction house sale of over 200 lots of prehistoric bones and artifacts, to be held on June 24. The skeleton shown here was found of the coast of Maine in 1844 and housed for over a century at the Niagara Falls Museum. REUTERS/Peter Morgan PM 

A partial skeleton with an Ivory Coast gendarme's cap placed on its skull is displayed on a road near Bongolo, in western Ivory Coast, May 26, 2003. This road going from Man city to Duekoue is called " The Road of Death" by the rebels. 

A partial skeleton with an Ivory Coast gendarme's cap placed on its
skull is displayed on a road near Bongolo, in western Ivory Coast, May
26, 2003. This road going from Man city to Duekoue is called 'The Road
of Death' by the rebels. PP03050117 Reuters/Luc Gnago

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A colleague of late-Argentine news photographer, Jose Luis Cabezas, holds up an antique camera with a sign saying, "AS OLD AS INJUSTICE", during a march January 25 of hundreds of Argentine journalists and photographers, among others, one year after Cabezas' body was found burned to a charred skeleton inside his own car at a rural site, some 15 kilometers from this Atlantic coast resort. People around the country commemorated the first anniversary of Cabezas' murder, believed to have been ordered by members of Argentina's business and political elite, in a case that has struck a deep chord in a society with a history of police and military brutality and that has become a major political issue.