Farmer Yasser Abdelbaqi walks on cracked soil near the Khabur river in the village of Tall Sakar in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 26, 2024. Large swathes of agricultural land have dried up in the region due to the scarcity of water and the high prices of fuel needed by farmers for pumps to extract ground water. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)