BOTSWANA: This aerial shot shows the level of devastation of these usually abundant waters. ‘EMOTIONALLY shattering’ photos show exhausted, parched animals draw their final breaths as their only source of water evaporates in what is said to be one of the MOST SEVERE DROUGHTS in DECADES. The devastating photos taken last week at Lake Ngami - in the southern portion of the Okavango delta of Botswana – show herds of animals dying of dehydration as a severe drought ravages the region. Tragic photos show a bloat of malnourished hippos crowded together in one of the very few remaining mud pools as fisherman collect the final few catfish in the background; a dying horse attempting to kick his way through the crusty mud in a vain search for water; and a forlorn cow caked and trapped in the bog awaiting its grisly fate. Mediadrumimages/MartinHarvey ***EXCLUSIVE***