The World from PRX

water shortage

People walk past a damaged building in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.
Conflict
A major water crisis in Syria’s capital worsens as fighting continues
Bolivia’s dried-out Ajuan Khota dam, a reservoir affected by drought near La Paz, photographed on Nov. 17.
Environment
With melting glaciers and mining, Bolivia’s water is running dangerously low
Measuring the snowpack
Environment
January snows in the Sierras ease, but will not end, California’s drought