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A man, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, stands next to boxes containing donated solar power systems in the Nova Sociedade area near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Felipe Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, installs a donated solar panel on the roof of his home in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Tourist boats sit idle on sandbanks in the Arapiuns River near the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Men, who are part of the Arapium Indigenous group, carry boxes containing donated solar-power systems in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Ideilde Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, holds a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Daiana Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, sits with relatives holding a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Arapium Indigenous leader Tiago Silva cools off with water pumped from a well using a solar-powered system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
The Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, sits on the banks of the Tapajos River near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
The Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, sits on the banks of the Tapajos River near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Students attend class at the Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Rosenilce Cruz, the principal of the Sao Benedito School, talks about the solar energy that powers the school, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Solar panels operate near water tanks in Nova Sociedade, a riverine Arapium Indigenous community, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
A man, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, stands next to boxes containing donated solar power systems in the Nova Sociedade area near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Felipe Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, installs a donated solar panel on the roof of his home in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Tourist boats sit idle on sandbanks in the Arapiuns River near the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Men, who are part of the Arapium Indigenous group, carry boxes containing donated solar-power systems in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Ideilde Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, holds a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Daiana Arapiuns, who is part of the Arapium Indigenous group, sits with relatives holding a box containing a donated solar-power system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Arapium Indigenous leader Tiago Silva cools off with water pumped from a well using a solar-powered system in the Nova Sociedade community near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
The Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, sits on the banks of the Tapajos River near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
The Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, sits on the banks of the Tapajos River near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Students attend class at the Sao Benedito School, powered by solar panels on the roof, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Rosenilce Cruz, the principal of the Sao Benedito School, talks about the solar energy that powers the school, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Solar panels operate near water tanks in Nova Sociedade, a riverine Arapium Indigenous community, near Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
SANTAREM, Brazil (AP) — For the riverine community of Nova Sociedade, deep inside a protected area of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the Arapiuns River is the only route to the outside world.
The Arapiuns flows into the Tapajos, one of the Amazon River’s major tributaries, across waterways so vast that navigating them can feel like crossing the open sea. Yet during a historic drought in 2024, Nova Sociedade’s residents had to walk as far as 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in search of water.
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