A drought affecting Colombia exposes the bed of El Cisne lake, in Puerto Colombia, in the country's Atlantico Department, on July 31, 2014. The government has recently allocated 18 million US dollars to combat one of the worst droughts in Colombian history, caused by El Nino weather phenomena. Rivers throughout the Caribbean coast and eastern plains have fallen to critical levels, as acute water shortages kill livestock and exacerbate the risk of forest fires. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)
