General view of Lake Atescatempa, which has dried up due to drought and high temperatures, in Atescatempa, 174 km southeast of Guatemala City, on May 5, 2017. -AFP
ATESCATEMPA: The dried-out oyster shells lie on a landscape parched and cracked by the sun.
This is what is left of Lake Atescatempa, once a vast blue-green body of water in southwestern Guatemala.
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