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In Pictures: 'World Water Day'
By James Wray Mar 22, 2010, 21:20 GMT
A Palestinian refuge child drinking from a water tank in Khanyounis refugee camp on 22 March 2010 ,on the occasion of World Water Day. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day EPA/ALI ALI
Participants line up for the toilet in Warsaw, Poland, 22 March 2010. The event is a part of global campaign to form the world's longest toilet queue to highlight the UN's World Water Day. World Water Day 2010 has the theme Clean Water for a Healthy World. EPA/Tomasz Gzell POLAND OUT
A boy and a girl squeeze into a wooden toilet cubicle in Warsaw, Poland, 22 March 2010. The event is a part of global campaign to form the world's longest toilet queue to highlight the UN's World Water Day. World Water Day 2010 has the theme Clean Water for a Healthy World. EPA/Tomasz Gzell POLAND OUT
A Pakistani girl fills a bucket with drinking water at a community tap on World Water Day in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on 22 March 2010. The underground water level has dropped and water has turned brackish. Pakistanis are facing shortage of clean drinking water due to drying rivers and the low level of water in the country's dams. World Water Day is marked on 22 March 2010. World Water Day has been held to celebrate freshwater annually since 1993. EPA/T. MUGHAL
A Pakistani man fills cans with drinking water at a community tap on World Water Day in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on 22 March 2010. The underground water level has dropped and water has turned brackish. Pakistanis are facing shortage of clean drinking water due to drying rivers and the low level of water in the country's dams. World Water Day is marked on 22 March 2010. World Water Day has been held to celebrate freshwater annually since 1993. EPA/T. MUGHAL
Indian people row a boat on River Yamuna in New Delhi, India on 22 March 2010 on the occasion of World Water Day. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB), the water of the River Yamuna is unfit not just for drinking but also for bathing and washing. Experts say Yamuna River is on its deathbed despite billions of rupees being spent by the government to clean it. A major pollutant of Yamuna is Delhi. The city alone contributes 3,296 MLD (million liters per day) of sewage falling into the river. EPA/ANINDITO MUKHERJEE
Indian people row a boat on River Yamuna in New Delhi, India on 22 March 2010 on the occasion of World Water Day. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB), the water of the River Yamuna is unfit not just for drinking but also for bathing and washing. Experts say Yamuna River is on its deathbed despite billions of rupees being spent by the government to clean it. A major pollutant of Yamuna is Delhi. The city alone contributes 3,296 MLD (million liters per day) of sewage falling into the river. EPA/ANINDITO MUKHERJEE
A small plant photographed growing on the evidently polluted water of River Yamuna in New Delhi, India on 22 March 2010 on the occasion of World Water Day. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB), the water of the River Yamuna is unfit not just for drinking but also for bathing and washing. Experts say Yamuna River is on its deathbed despite billions of rupees being spent by the government to clean it. A major pollutant of Yamuna is Delhi. The city alone contributes 3,296 MLD (million liters per day) of sewage falling into the river. EPA/ANINDITO MUKHERJEE
An Indian child rag-picker looks for recyclable material in the polluted Tawi river in the northern Indian city of Jammu, India, the winter capital of Kashmir on the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March 2010. Tawi is lifeline for the citizens which supplies drinking water to the 75% population of the city. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide clean water in communities around the world, recognizing the role of clean drinkable water in maintaining and restoring healthy communities. International Water Day is an initiative that came out of a 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and has since been celebrated every March 22nd. The theme changes every year, with the theme this year being 'Clean Water for a Healthy World.' EPA/JAIPAL SINGH
Indian rag picking children look for recyclable material in the polluted Tawi river in the northern Indian city of Jammu, India, the winter capital of Kashmir on the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March 2010. Tawi is lifeline for the citizens which supplies drinking water to the 75% population of the city. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide clean water in communities around the world, recognizing the role of clean drinkable water in maintaining and restoring healthy communities. International Water Day is an initiative that came out of a 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and has since been celebrated every March 22nd. The theme changes every year, with the theme this year being 'Clean Water for a Healthy World.' EPA/JAIPAL SINGH
A photographers gets in close to take pictures of some of the 4000 baby bottles containing polluted water on the Bundesplatz square in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, March 22. 2010. The action was organized by the Swiss association for International Cooperation Helvetas to highlight the UN's World Water Day. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER
Students and teachers at the KIS international school line up for the toilet in a global campaign to form the world's longest toilet queue, part of actions to highlight the UN's World Water Day with a worldwide campaign to put access to safe sanitation and clean water on the top of the global agenda, in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 March 2010. World Water Day 2010 has the theme Clean Water for a Healthy World. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says 2.7 billion people, including 980 million children, currently lack access to proper sanitation facilities and 880 million people go without access to a basic water supply. More than half of the population in the Pacific Islands do not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation and more than half of the population in South Asia do not have access to proper sanitation. A staggering 50 per cent of all hospital beds in the developing world are occupied by victims of unsafe water and sanitation. EPA/BARBARA WALTON
A close up view of one of the 4000 baby bottles containing polluted water on the Bundesplatz square in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, March 22. 2010. The action was organized by the Swiss association for International Cooperation Helvetas to highlight the UN's World Water Day. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER
Cambodian fishing boats at a river in Kandal province, Cambodia, 12 March 2010, in this picture made available 22 March 2010. World Water Day on 22 March 2010 focuses on the needs of the 900 million people who don't have access to safe water. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says 2.7 billion people, including 980 million children, currently lack access to proper sanitation facilities and 880 million people go without access to a basic water supply. More than half of the population in the Pacific Islands do not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation and more than half of the population in South Asia do not have access to proper sanitation. A staggering 50 per cent of all hospital beds in the developing world are occupied by victims of unsafe water and sanitation. EPA/MAK REMISSA
A Filipino drinks a glass of water at a roadside eatery in Manila, Philippines 21 March 2010. The United Nations marks World Water Day on 22 March with the theme, 'Clean Water for a Healthy World.' The UN revealed that both the quality and quantity of water resources are at risk, with more people dying from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
A Cambodian man washes his cows in a riverbed in Kandal province, Cambodia, 10 March 2010 in this picture made available 22 March 2010. World Water Day on 22 March 2010 focuses on the needs of the 900 million people who don’t have access to safe water. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says 2.7 billion people, including 980 million children, currently lack access to proper sanitation facilities and 880 million people go without access to a basic water supply. More than half of the population in the Pacific Islands do not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation and more than half of the population in South Asia do not have access to proper sanitation. A staggering 50 per cent of all hospital beds in the developing world are occupied by victims of unsafe water and sanitation. EPA/MAK REMISSA
A Cambodian fisherman stands on his boat at the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17 March 2010, in this picture made available 22 March 2010. World Water Day on 22 March 2010 focuses on the needs of the 900 million people who don’t have access to safe water. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says 2.7 billion people, including 980 million children, currently lack access to proper sanitation facilities and 880 million people go without access to a basic water supply. More than half of the population in the Pacific Islands do not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation and more than half of the population in South Asia do not have access to proper sanitation. A staggering 50 per cent of all hospital beds in the developing world are occupied by victims of unsafe water and sanitation. EPA/MAK REMISSA
A Filipino boy takes a dip into a container of water, outside their shanty in an urban poor district of Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines 21 March 2010. The United Nations marks World Water Day on 22 March with the theme, 'Clean Water for a Healthy World.' The UN revealed that both the quality and quantity of water resources are at risk, with more people dying from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
A picture made available on 20 March 2010 shows an Indian girl washing clothes at the banks of Ghani lake as an Indian boy dives in the water on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, 18 March 2010. As the world commemorates World Water Day on the 22nd of March, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide clean water in needy communities around the world, recognizing the role of clean drinkable water in maintaining and restoring healthy communities. International Water Day is an initiative that came out of a 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and has since been celebrated every March 22nd. The theme changes every year, with the theme this year being 'Clean Water for a Healthy World.' EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
A picture made available on 20 March 2010 shows a Filipino child walking on a dried irrigation canal due to a drought by the 'El Nino' atmospheric phenomenon in the town of Molino, Cavite province, Philippines, 19 March 2010. World Water Day is marked on 22 March 2010. The official United Nations statement reads: 'The theme of this year's World Water Day, 'Clean Water for a Healthy World', emphasizes that both the quality and the quantity of water resources are at risk. More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. These deaths are an affront to our common humanity, and undermine the efforts of many countries to achieve their development potential.' World Water Day has been held to celebrate freshwater annually since 1993. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A picture made available on 20 March 2010 shows a Filipino girl playing on the bank of a river full of rubbish in Manila, Philippines, 19 March 2010. World Water Day is marked on 22 March 2010. The increase of population, urbanization, and industrialization reduced the quality of the water in Philippines, especially in densely populated areas of industrial and agricultural activities. World Water Day is marked on 22 March 2010. The official United Nations statement reads: 'The theme of this year's World Water Day, 'Clean Water for a Healthy World', emphasizes that both the quality and the quantity of water resources are at risk. More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. These deaths are an affront to our common humanity, and undermine the efforts of many countries to achieve their development potential.' World Water Day has been held to celebrate freshwater annually since 1993. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
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