Africa's Nile River suffocating with waste

Trash and rotten boards litter the Nile River, in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan. A boy and a woman wash intestines from a slaughterhouse in the Nile River, in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Animal blood flows from a slaughterhouse to the Nile River, where it mixes with other waste, in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan. A young man carries cow intestines to be washed in the Nile River, in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan.

The Nile River is the second-longest river in the world. It provides crucial resources to 11 countries, including South Sudan, the world's youngest nation.