Brazil's Amazon Region Faces Devastating Drought

Areas that were historically flooded on the banks of the main rivers of the Amazon are completely dry, like this lake in Iranduba, Oct. 4, 2023

A barge loaded with gas cylinders, a fuel transport truck, and its tugboat became stuck in the mud after the waters of the Rio Negro receded dozens of meters in recent weeks in Manau, Oct. 3, 2023.

A floating restaurant is stranded in a dried-up lake on the outskirts of Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

The waters of the Amazonian rivers have dropped rapidly, and many boats are stranded in the mud and the dry riverbed in Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

Entire communities living in floating houses on the tributaries of the Amazon River are stuck in the mud, without access to water, like this one in the Puraquequara River, in Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

Fisherman Stelio Rodrigues, 72, has lived on the Puraquequara River for more than 30 years and cannot recall seeing the waters drop as much as they have this year, in Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

An abandoned canoe sits in one of the many lakes that dried up around the state capital of Amazonas, in Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

Fishermen prepare to remove a small boat from the dry riverbed of the Puraquequara River to find a point with access to the Amazon River to continue their work, Oct. 3, 2023.

At the fish market in the Port of Manaus, consumers complain that prices have risen, and fishermen claim that with low water levels, transportation costs have increased, in Manaus, Oct. 4, 2023.

The prolonged drought in the Amazon has favored the spread of wildfires, affecting both urban and forested areas around Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.

Rivers and lakes that supply the Amazon River are completely dry in the Manaus region, Oct. 3, 2023.

Unable to draw water from the Puraquequara River, fishermen dig a hole in the mud to access water for bathing and washing dishes, in Manaus, Oct. 3, 2023.