PlayStop 'Clean Water for a Healthy World'--the 18th World Water Day
上一页 下一页
  • Show Captions
  • Show Captions
'Clean Water for a Healthy World'--the 18th World Water Day

UN-Water has chosen 'Clean Water for a Healthy World' as the theme for the 18th World Water Day, which falls on March 22, 2010. The campaign aims to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity. [Xinhua]

A Cambodian boy carries a bucket of water near chriev village, kandal province about 24 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of phnom penh, sunday, march 21, 2010. [CFP]

A local child drinks on January 23, 2007, from a well with contaminated water in the settlement located next to the former Dow / Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. Even if the people around the factory-compound are supplied with water it's by far not enough and people are still forced to use the well-water.[CFP]

In France an area around Brittany was recently struck by toxic algae after a large amount started to decompose, and a horse died recently in a beach, since the horseman fell very bad.[CFP]

The bottom of a reservoir is seen in Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, Feb. 24, 2010. A severe drought over the past months has left 7.5 million people and more than 4 million head of livestock without adequate drinking water in two southwestern China's Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces. [Xinhua]

Picture collections of lack of water in China. UN-Water has chosen 'Clean Water for a Healthy World' as the theme for the 18th World Water Day, which falls on March 22, 2010. [CFP]

Photo taken on August 16, 2009 shows Wuhan East Lake was hit by blue algae. [CFP]

An ongoing drought in southwestern China has dried up three-quarters of the water at Huangguoshu Cataract, Asia's largest waterfall, in Anshun, Guizhou Province. The drought has also dried up 90 percent of the water in Anshun's rivers and reservoirs. [Xinhua]

A child is lining up for drinking water in Xiaoyangchang Village, Fuyuan County of Yunnan Province, on March 12, 2010. Parts of southern China are being ravaged by a severe three-season drought. More than 20 million of people lack adequate water supplies, and millions of acres of cropland are too dry to plant.[Chinanews.com]

A child is lining up for drinking water in Xiaoyangchang Village, Fuyuan County of Yunnan Province, on March 12, 2010. Parts of southern China are being ravaged by a severe three-season drought. More than 20 million of people lack adequate water supplies, and millions of acres of cropland are too dry to plant.[Chinanews.com]

Baise, Guangxi Province, Feb. 24, 2010. A severe drought over the past months has left 7.5 million people and more than 4 million head of livestock without adequate drinking water in two southwestern China's Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces. [Xinhua]

The bottom of a reservoir is seen in Qingxi Village, Kaiyang County, Guizhou Province, March 16, 2010. [Xinhua]

Marine biologists dress up as Mermainds and SeaGod and sit on a ship 'Iceberg' to mark World Water Day March 22, 2010, in Australia. This is the 18th World Water Day. UN-Water has chosen ''Clean Water for a Healthy World' as theme for World Water Day 2010. [Xinhua/AFP]