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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on March 17, 2023, shows a general view of the Prespa lake near Otesevo, in North Macedonia. - For millions of years Lake Prespa was pristine. But following decades of climate change, over consumption and pollution, the prehistoric body of water in southeast Europe is shrinking at an alarming rate. Straddling the borders of Albania, Greece and North Macedonia, Lake Prespa is believed to be home to thousands of species that rely on the water and its surrounding habitat. But warming temperatures have wreaked havoc on the annual snowfall in the area, drying up vital streams that feed into Prespa, putting the species that depend on the lake and another nearby body of water at risk. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP) (Photo by ARMEND NIMANI/AFP via Getty Images)