Thatched huts surrounded by floodwaters are seen from the air in Old Fangak county in Jonglei state, South Sudan on Nov. 27, 2020. A petition to stop the revival of the 118-year-old Jonglei Canal project in South Sudan, started by one of the country's top academics, is gaining traction in the country, with the waterway touted as a catastrophic environmental and social disaster for the country's Sudd wetlands. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak, File)