Drought diminishes Najaf's fish production industry - in pictures

Fish farmers are having to contend with rivers drying up amid warmer temperatures

An Iraqi vendor shows different kinds of fish to customers at fish market at in Najaf, Iraq November 30, 2022. REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani

Fish on display at the market

Workers feed ducks during their break near a fish-farming pond on the Euphrates river in Najaf

An Iraqi vendor shows a fish to customers at the fish market in Najaf

Fish farming on the Euphrates

Iraqi fish vendors show their wares

The fish-farming pond on the Euphrates

Iraqi vendors prepare their fish for sale at the market

A dried-up fish pond on the Euphrates

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