View from the virtually empty pit of Yermasoyia reservoir in southern Cyprus. A crippling drought sapped the Mediterranean country’s water reserves, leaving the island’s reservoirs only 7.2 percent full.
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It has been reported that between 605 and 732 oil wells were set alight, causing an environmental disaster for the local people and farmers Photograph: Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas/Taschen
Burmese butter bean mash on toast. Or make dip for veg - add fried crispy onion bits.
Makeda, queen of Sheba, wearing a classically African crown (other known examples are found at Ilé-Ifè, Nigeria, and a Sao ceramic sculpture of a crowned woman, near Lake Chad)
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Dame Bradbury's tree of knowledge
Toasted pearl barley with pistachios and raisins + lentil loaf recipe!
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