Tank from the Libyan Chad war, Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Green Naga hills stretching into the distance, scarred by brown scorched hill after slash and burn system has occurred, Nagaland, India, Asia

Workers' huts on Naga hillside being desecrated by the government slash and burn system to improve soil for agriculture, Nagaland, India, Asia

Desecration across beautiful Naga hills from the government slash and burn system, to improve land for cultivation, Nagaland, India, Asia

Farmer with closed eyes sitting on dried loamy soil, dreaming, Basti Lehar Walla village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Farmer sitting on dried loamy soil, Basti Lehar Walla village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Farmer working on dried loamy soil, Basti Lehar Walla village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Cracks in red soil, Lausitz, Germany

Parched earth, Gunnuhver, Reykjanes, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean

Dried out soil caused by drought and lack of water

Parched ground, Camargue, Provence, Southern France, France, Europe

Parched ground, Camargue, Provence, Southern France, France, Europe

Dried out earth, Camargue, Provence, Southern France, France, Europe

Dry river bed, detail

Dried-out bed of a former lake, Racetrack, The Playa, Death Valley National Park, Lone Pine, California, USA

Dry cracks in sand, gravel plant in Geretsried, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Parched lake, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Parched soil surface, Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, Bouches du Rhone, Camargue, France, Europe

Cracks in clay soil, Madeira, Portugal

Impacts of climate change, dried soil at the edge of a drying up watering hole, Gran Chaco, Salta province, Argentina, South America

Parched earth and shadows, Sossusvlei, Namibia, Africa

Parched ground, Camargue, Provence, Southern France, France, Europe

Dried and cracked mud along the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

Structures in a dry river bed, Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

Soil surface, dryness, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Parched soil surface, Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, Bouches du Rhone, Camargue, France, Europe

Parched soil surface, Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, Bouches du Rhone, Camargue, France, Europe

Dry Isar riverbed, Sylvenstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A controlled forest burn, a deliberate fire set to create a healthier and more sustainable forest ecosystem. The prescribed burn of forest creates the right condition for regrowth, Whitman County, Washington, USA