In this handout photo released by kamazmaster.ru, KAMAZ-Master's driver Dmitry Sotnikov, mechaniс Ilgiz Akhmetzianov and co-driver Ruslan Akhmadeev steer their truck during the ninth stage of the Dakar rally from Wadi Al Dawasir to Haradh, in Saudi Arabia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.14.01.2020#6134474
Only animals can drink water in the Aral Region after it was hit by an environmental disaster. 18.05.1989#153556
An old ship standing in Uzbekistan's Kara-Kalpakiya sands in place of the shrinking Aral Sea.10.06.1994#360990
A dried-up streambed in the Chelyabinsk Region's Uvelsk district, where a state of emergency has been introduced due to massive drought.12.07.2010#718448
Charskie Peski land tract, a sand desert sized 10 to 5 km in the Trans-Baikal Territory.30.06.2018#5574080
Ship cemetery near the town of Muinak, the former Uzbek SSR’s main port on the Aral Sea. Dried out bottom of the Aral Sea.01.06.1990#470164
Sheep seen on a dried-up grassland in the Chelyabinsk Region's Uvelsk district, where a state of emergency has been introduced due to massive drought.12.07.2010#718446
Dry corn crops. Corn, barley and winter wheat crops die in the Voronezh Region because of heat and lack of rains.06.07.2010#713227
Member of Kara Kum desert expedition headed by Polish journalist and explorer Jacek Palkiewicz.01.01.1990#477929
Cracks in the soil in the dry field. A state of emergency has been declared in Uvelsky District, Chelyabinsk Region due to the drought.12.07.2010#718460
The Kara-Kum desert near the village of Nichki located on the bank of the Kara-Kum Canal.01.05.1971#538912
The level of water in the Aral Sea went down by 13 metres and its water surface decreased from 6.6 to 2.2 million hectares, starting from 1960. The carry-over of salts from the extinct sea area amounts to 65 million tons. The former Fishing Fleet of the Aral Sea.01.09.1989#469247
