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A part of the Negro River is dry at the port in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, amid severe drought. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the