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Water wars: How conflicts over resources are set to rise amid climate change

Residents fill their containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2019. Picture taken June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC12EDA21300

One in four children worldwide will be living in areas of extremely high water stress by 2040, researchers estimated. Image: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Anastasia Moloney
Latin America and Caribbean Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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17 countries face extremely high water stress
Data from the World Resources Institute highlights 17 countries that face extremely high water stress. Image: World Resources Institute
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