A man directs a crossing raft to the shore of a shrinking lake near Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province on July 30, 2026, after it re-emerged from the waters due to the El Nino-driven drought, following deliberate flooding of the area to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, which opened in 2023.
Two men fish at an abandoned house in a shrinking lake near Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province on July 30, 2026, after it re-emerged from the waters due to the El Nino-driven drought, following deliberate flooding of the area to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, which opened in 2023.
A dragonfly perches on a dead tree trunk in a shrinking lake near Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province on July 30, 2026, after it re-emerged from the waters due to the El Nino-driven drought, following deliberate flooding of the area to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, which opened in 2023.
Villagers go about their activities on rafts on a shrinking lake near Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province on July 30, 2026, after it re-emerged from the waters due to the El Nino-driven drought, following deliberate flooding of the area to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, which opened in 2023.
A man maneuvers his bamboo raft on a shrinking lake near Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province on July 30, 2026, after it re-emerged from the waters due to the El Nino-driven drought, following deliberate flooding of the area to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, which opened in 2023.