In Recife, a city in northeast Brazil, residents of poorer neighbourhoods get running water for only about six hours a day, so they must stock up buckets and drums before taps run dry. The supply can be so heavily chlorinated that it froths and smells, and families report stomach illness from it. A mother in Ibura de Baixo said her nine-year-old son suffered months of vomiting and stomach pain that doctors traced to porridge made with tap water. Families then spend part of small welfare payments on bottled water. Rationing in Recife falls hardest on predominantly Black neighbourhoods, where service is poorest, showing how access to a basic service can follow racial and economic lines.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.