IRAQ-WATER-AGRICULTURE-DROUGHT

A boy watches as 73-year-old Iraqi farmer Abu Ali uses a shovel to dig in a stream of water in the village of Sayyed Dakhil, to the east of Nasariyah city some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of Baghdad, on March 20, 2018. - Since childhood, Abu Ali and his family have lived off their land in Sayyed Dakhil, where there used to be no need for a well, but a creeping drought is now threatening agriculture and livelihoods in the area.Weather patterns are largely to blame for the crisis, but while rain accounts for 30 percent of Iraq's water resources, the remaining 70 percent is drawn from rivers and marshes shared with Iran, Turkey and Syria, which has played a part in Iraq's drought. (Photo by HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP) (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP via Getty Images)