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Picture of a tour boat going past a boy and his horse swimming in the Nile River
January 9, 2022

In the Nile

A tour boat passes a boy and his horse swimming in the Nile River. This photo originally appeared in a May 1993 story about the critical importance of water in the Middle East.
Photograph by Ed Kashi, Nat Geo Image Collection

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