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A worker opens a water pipe at an irrigation canal in Chainat, Thailand. Thailand's key reservoirs have fallen to the lowest since 1987, and farmers have been warned to delay planting their rice.

A worker opens a water pipe at an irrigation canal in Chainat, Thailand. Thailand's key reservoirs have fallen to the lowest since 1987, and farmers have been warned to delay planting their rice.

Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg