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Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Brazil. Monday, Nov. 16, 2015.“When the animals start to eat mandacaru, you know the seca, drought, is bad,” said Joaquim Ferreira de Maceo, 71, who finished chopping down a cactus-like tree to feed his animals. “A seca é a pior.” This drought is the worst – in fifty years. Joaquim said his family lost the seeds because everything they grew died. “You only see land. You see animals eating trees.” The plants ​used to be taller and fuller. Now, they risk extinction. “It’s drying. The clouds don’t even come here.”

Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Brazil. Monday, Nov. 16, 2015.

“When the animals start to eat mandacaru, you know the seca, drought, is bad,” said Joaquim Ferreira de Maceo, 71, who finished chopping down a cactus-like tree to feed his animals. “A seca é a pior.” This drought is the worst – in fifty years. Joaquim said his family lost the seeds because everything they grew died. “You only see land. You see animals eating trees.” The plants ​used to be taller and fuller. Now, they risk extinction. “It’s drying. The clouds don’t even come here.”