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Reuters Brazilian Fishermen Stand amidst Dead Fish along an Amazon Tributary.

Date: 11-Oct-05
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Rickey Rogers

Brazilian Fishermen Stand amidst Dead Fish along an Amazon Tributary. Photo: Rickey Rogers
Photo: Rickey Rogers

The worst drought in more than 40 years is damaging the world's biggest rainforest, plaguing the Amazon basin with wildfires, sickening river dwellers as drinking water sours, and killing freshwater fish by the millions as tributaries dry up.

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