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A marker post shows the direction of the Thames path on the bank of the dried out River Thames running beside the road, in Ashton Keynes on August 8, 2022. The source of the Thames has dried up and has shifted more than 5 miles downstream from Thames Head near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Swathes of southern and eastern England recorded the lowest rainfall in July 2022 on record, the UK's Met Office. The whole of England recorded an average of 23.1 mm of rain -- the lowest figure for the month since 1935 and the seventh lowest July total on record, it said. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)