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Troubled Waters

CARACAS, VENEZUELA

FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/GETTY

In a city where blackouts have left millions without running water, a man bathes in a stream at Waraira Repano mountain on March 13. The power crisis shut down pumping stations, forcing desperate citizens to seek relief elsewhere— from water trucks (distribution is controlled by the military), public fountains and filthy rivers.

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