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Picture of a woman in colorful clothing walking past a cargo boat on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania
July 7, 2021

Lake Tanganyika

A story in the March 2018 issue looked at the devastating effects of lakes drying up due to climate change. Here, a cargo boat rests on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, upon which more than 10 million people rely for food, work, water, and transportation.
Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown, Nat Geo Image Collection
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