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Juma Steven, a part-time fisherman, pilots his boat through thick blankets of water hyacinth.
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A woman carries water through thick water hyacinth encroaching on the banks of Lake Victoria.
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Joyce Aoko fishes for mudfish with her children. Mud fish, used for bait, have appeared in Lake Victoria for the first time because of the water hyacinth infestation.
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Boats are moored in a blanket of water hyacinth encroaching on the banks of Lake Victoria. The hyacinth has covered the lake shore and trapped boats.
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An abandoned pier juts out over a blanket of water hyacinth encroaching on the banks of Lake Victoria. Pollution of the lake is causing water hyacinth to grow out of control and is a sign of the environmental problems affecting the lake.
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An abandoned pier juts out over a blanket of water hyacinth encroaching on the banks of Lake Victoria.
Evelyn Hockstein / MCT
A boy searches for mud fish at the edge of Lake Victoria. Mud fish, used for bait, have appeared in Lake Victoria for the first time because of the water hyacinth infestation.
Evelyn Hockstein / MCT
A stream carrying sewage out to Lake Victoria is clogged with water hyacinth.
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Women wade out to floating reefs of water hyacinth to catch mud fish. Mud fish, used for bait, have appeared in Lake Victoria for the first time because of the water hyacinth infestation.
Evelyn Hockstein / MCT
Monica Juma fishes for mudfish. Mud fish, used for bait, have appeared in Lake Victoria for the first time because of the water hyacinth infestation.
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Fisherman Carilus Odera and Juma Steven (right) use nets to collect mud fish from the thick blankets of water hyacinth. Mud fish, used for bait, have appeared in Lake Victoria for the first time because of the water hyacinth infestation.
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Fisherman Carilus Odera and Juma Steven (right) use nets to collect mud fish from the thick blankets of water hyacinth.
Evelyn Hockstein / MCT
Evelyn Hockstein / MCT
A woman looks over a blanket of water hyacinth at the edge of Lake Victoria.
A woman looks over a blanket of water hyacinth at the edge of Lake Victoria.
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