Todd Phillips, founder and director of The Last Well, makes a repair on day eight on his wooden barge on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall, Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Phillips is planning to stay on the barge until he is able to raise $2 million for Liberians to have clean water. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Associated Press)

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