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Video. UN marks World Water Day as droughts plague the globe

Updated: 21/03/2024 - 23:10 GMT+1

World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater - yet many parts of the world, including Catalonia, Spain, are observing their worst droughts in decades.

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