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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows reflections on the surface of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 18, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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California Wildfire January 12

Reflections of burnt structures appear in standing water left by firefighting efforts in Los Angeles, California, on January 12, 2025. The wildfires have destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 structures, marking one of the most devastating winter fire events in the region's history. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Uyuni salt flat

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo shows Japanese tourists posing for photos so that their reflections on water can be read "UYUNI" on the Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia, inundated with water during rainy season in February 2013.