Spaniards Pray For Rain In Special Mass Amid Drought by Zowy Voeten/ Getty Images

SACRAMENTO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SACRAMENTO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A horse eats the little grass that remains in a dry area where the palm trees in the background are dying on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SACRAMENTO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A linear irrigation system irrigating farmers' crops due to low rainfall in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - A...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: The altar servers of St. Dionysius Areopagite Church prepare for the procession of the Christ of the waters to pray for rain in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: The members of the brotherhood of the parish of the Church of San Dionisio Areopagita take the Christ of the water in procession to ask for rain in the area and an end to the drought on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A member of the brotherhood of the parish of St. Dionysius Areopagite Church wipes the sweat from his brow as they take the Christ of the water in procession to pray for rain in the area and an end to the drought on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: The members of the brotherhood of the parish of the Church of San Dionisio Areopagita take the Christ of the water in procession to ask for rain in the area and an end to the drought on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Members of the brotherhood of the parish of the Church of San Dionisio Areopagita enter the Cathedral of Jerez de la Frontera to ask the Christ of the water to rain in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Residents of Jerez Sanctify themselves at the beginning of the special mass where they pray to Christ of the Water for rain in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SAN LEANDRO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: ...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SAN LEANDRO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A completely dry agricultural flow, exposing the pipes where the pastures should be irrigated on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

EL TROBAL, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Fr...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

EL TROBAL, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Francisco Miles, 70, helps his daughter, Natacha, 23, and son-in-law Eloy, 25, to set up the tractor's drag to be able to sow. Eloy complains that every year it is more difficult to be a farmer and to grow crops because of the drought that gets worse every year on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

TRAJANO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Aeri...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

TRAJANO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Aerial plan of the village showing the direct relationship between population and agriculture in this area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SACRAMENTO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A linear irrigation system irrigating farmers' crops due to low rainfall in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

LEBRIJA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A tr...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

LEBRIJA, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A tractor and farmers work in the field on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

MARISMILLAS, SPAIN - APRIL 15: ...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

MARISMILLAS, SPAIN - APRIL 15: A car drives over a bridge where the canal should be full of water to supply agricultural areas in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

MARISMILLAS, SPAIN - APRIL 15: The water channel is almost empty, so it cannot supply the farmers in the area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

MARISMILLAS, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Aerial plan of the village showing the direct relationship between population and agriculture in this area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

SAN LEANDRO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Aerial plan of the village showing the direct relationship between population and agriculture in this area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

VETAHERRADO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: ...ges) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

VETAHERRADO, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Aerial plan of the village showing the direct relationship between population and agriculture in this area on April 15, 2023 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. With an important agricultural production decrease due to the extreme heatwaves and ensuing drought for several years, Spain's Andalusia region has seen yields slump more than half the usual quantities. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Jerez de la Frontera Spain

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Spaniards Pray For Rain In Special Mass Amid Drought

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