Big cracks are seen in a rice field in drought in Gutian Village, Lingang Township of Leping City, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 20, 2011. Due to unusual lack of waterfalls, Jiangxi was hit by a severe drought that began plaguing in the spring and continued into the summer, which was rare in recent years in the province. The drought left some 235,000 people in short of drinking water and affected vast areas of rice fields. [Hu Dunhuang/Xinhua]