February 24, 2015
Image of the Day: ‘Welcome to the Cantareira desert’
15 January 2015 (EPA) – A message in graffiti which reads ‘Welcome to the Cantareira desert’ is written on a car which was once submerged in water, at the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira System, which shows lowest levels of water, in Nazare Paulista city, 90km away from Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15 January 2015. The drought in the region is the worst in 80 years, according to reports, with the region only receiving a third of the usual rainfall during the wet season from December to February. Photo: Sebastiao Moreira / EPA / Corbis