Dead fish are seen at Piranha lake, which has been affected by the drought of the Solimoes River, in Manacapuru, state of Amazonas, Brazil on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)





A researcher from the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development retrieves dead dolphins from Tefe lake, which flows into the Solimoes river, that has been affected by the high temperatures and drought in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)





Volunteer students and Buddhist monks collect plastic waste from a sewage canal to set an example and educate people on proper plastic disposal in Phnom Penh on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)





This November 8, 2023, photo provided by Leslie Diamond shows the pond at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge on Maui, Hawaii, that turned pink on Oct. 30, 2023. Officials in Hawaii are investigating why the pond turned pink, but there are some indications that drought may be to blame. (Photo by Leslie Diamond via AP Photo)





Yellow billed kites search for scrap along Hann Bay in Dakar, Senegal on November 9, 2023. Hann Bay, which stretches around 14 kilometres, used to be known as one of the most beautiful bays in West Africa, lined with traditional fishing villages, villas, and tourist attractions. For the last 20 years Hann Bay has been at the centre of Dakar’s industrialization with 80 percent of the industry located in this area. Today it is one of Dakar’s most polluted areas, with canals spilling raw sewage and chemicals onto the beach and into the sea. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





A man jumps over black water pouring out along Hann Bay in Dakar on November 22, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





A caiman swims amidst trash in Canal das Taxas at the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood in west Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 22, 2023. The urban expansion of the area and the resulting pollution have put the yacare caiman (Caiman latirostris) “in danger of extinction”. (Photo by Tercio Teixeira/AFP Photo)





A man searches for food among tons of garbage in north Tegucigalpa, on November 30, 2023. Food insecurity plagues 247 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, lamented this Thursday in Honduras the deputy director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mario Lubetkin. (Photo by Orlando Sierra/AFP Photo)





Volunteers bathe a pelican drenched in oil at the Guindy National Park in Chennai on January 3, 2024 after it's rescue from a large oil spill at Ennore creek due to Cyclone Michaung. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Tonnes of waste, including plastic bottles, used tires and various non-organic waste, float on the Drina river, creating a floating rubbish dump, in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 5, 2024. (Photo by Amel Emric/Reuters)





Aerial view of waste floating in the Drina river near Visegrad, Bosnia, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the rivers across three Western Balkan countries end up accumulating during high water season in winter and spring, behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia. (Photo by Armin Durgut)/AP Photo





People fish next to drainage that flows into the Paraguay River in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, January 28, 2024. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/AP Photo)





Workers from state own Heritage Petroleum Oil and Gas Company clean up an oil spill that reached Rockly Bay beach, in Scarborough, south western Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, February 11, 2024. (Photo by Akash Boodan/AP Photo)





Illegally dumped commercial waste covers Hoad's Wood, a 199-acre site of protected ancient woodland that has seen industrial-scale illegal dumping since 2020 reaching heights of 12 feet and leading to its recent closure as campaigners continue their fight to have the site cleared, in Ashford, Britain on April, 19, 2024. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters)





This aerial photo shows a fisherman collecting dead fish caused by renovation works and the ongoing hot weather conditions from a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province on April 30, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting the brutal heatwave and lake's management are to blame. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)