Caption

A traditional Marsh Arab canoe known as a Mashoof is left abandoned on the dry cracked earth of the southern marshes of Iraq during a hash summer drought. Climate change and political instability a potential risk to sustainability in the wetlands

Date

Oct 31, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/john wreford

Reference

BRK26B68_001

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.5Mb (3.5Mb) / 14.2in x 9.4in / 4256 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

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