A group of geese seek water on a dry riverbed in Lianzhou, a northern mountainous city of Guangdong Province, December 17, 2007. The Province is suffering from drought due to a lack of rainfall this winter and currently 250,000 residents are running out of drinking water.

An abandoned barge is grounded on a dry riverbed of Beijiang River in Lianzhou, a northern mountainous city of Guangdong Province, December 17, 2007. The Province is suffering from drought due to a lack of rainfall this winter and currently 250,000 residents are running out of drinking water.

(People's Daily December 20, 2007)