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![[Central African Republic (CAR)] Soldiers using machines to open a pipe and free stagnated rainwater.
Place: Petevo flooded area.
Date: 26 August 2005.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/20058263.jpg.webp?itok=yjj_gTLF "Soldiers cutting drainage channels in the flooded Bangui neighbourhood of Petevo.")
Joseph Benamse/IRIN
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