Environment

Water is life

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People drawing water from a brand new well. Water means life in the arid African country of Mali. - Photos: AFP

In the arid regions of Mali, west Africa, a water well with a solar-powered pump changes lives.

Among the lines of small mud houses, plastic litter and piles of parched earth, children gaze skywards at a shiny blue tank perched on steel legs.

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