India Most Populous State
India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released by the United Nations showed. The report estimates India’s population at 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China this year. The United States is a distant third, with an estimated population of 340 million.
Drought in Spain
Barcelona is facing water shortages as Spain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades. In the northeast of Spain, Catalonia’s 7.7 million residents are suffering the effects of 32 months of drought. Lack of rainfall is particularly bad in Barcelona where reservoirs are now running dry. The region saw similar severe water shortages between 2003 and 2008 but now periods of drought are becoming more frequent and more intense.
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