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Global demand for water is rapidly growing – but it is becoming increasingly scarce. Almost a third of the world's population is estimated to be living in water-scarce areas, according to the World Data Lab. With an increase in shortages driven by climate change and a growing global population, better management of this resource is crucial.

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Medical workers treat injured people at Ameth Bek hospital after a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 19, 2026.
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South Sudan is accusing neighboring Sudan of launching a drone strike that killed at least 73 people at a market in Abyei, a disputed, oil-rich region of roughly 4,000 square miles claimed by both countries.