The Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat is the largest urban habitat restoration project on the river. Photographed in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on August 7, 2023. 224642 (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
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Anand Malligavad, a mechanical engineer known as “Lake Man,” surveys one of his reclamation projects, Doddathoguru Lake, in Bengaluru, India, July 27, 2023. Malligavad, who turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru, is now in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations. (Priyadarshini Ravichandran/The New York Times) XNYT0170

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Masks available outside Liv Grace’s home in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 2023. Grace, who was born with a rare immune deficiency related to lupus, experienced three respiratory infections in four months after visiting medical providers. (Rachel Wisniewski for the New York Times)

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