In Pictures: Worst drought in living memory wiping out Thailand's rice belt
Thailand's vital rice belt is being battered by one of the worst droughts in living memory, forcing impoverished farmers deeper into debt and heaping fresh pain on an already weak economy.
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Thai farmers walking across a dried-out field in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province, a two-hour drive north of Bangkok on July 2, 2015.
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A Thai farmer showing the dried soil from his field which usually yields a crop, in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province.
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A Thai farmer pointing to a nearly dried-out farm pond which is usually full, in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province on July 2, 2015.
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A Thai farmer looking at a nearly dried out farm pond, which is normally full, in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province.
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A Thai farmer looking at a nearly dried out farm pond, which is usually full, in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province.
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A Thai farmer walking in a dried-out field, in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province on July 2, 2015.
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A Thai farmer showing the dried soil from his field which usually yields a crop, in Bang Pla Ma district.
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A Thai farmer walking on a dried-out field in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province.
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Close-up of a dried-out field with dying padi plants in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province on July 2, 2015.
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An insect on a blade of grass growing in a dried-out field in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi province.
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