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Drought of the century hits China
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A villager carries water from a well, that is not fit for human consumption according to local media, for her cattle at the drought-hit Shilin County of Kunming, Yunnan province March 25, 2010. China will deliver 1.42 million tonnes of grain to drought-stricken provinces, including 300,000 tonnes of wheat, 580,000 tonnes of corn and 540,000 tonnes of rice, to drought-striken provinces, the State Administration of Grain said.
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A villager walks past a dried-up pond in the drought-hit Shilin County of Kunming, Yunnan province March 25, 2010.
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Children wait to collect water distributed by local government in drought-hit Dazhuyuan village, on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province March 25, 2010. The Chinese character on the containers reads: "drought".
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A farmer squats in front of his house as he waits for water to be delivered by the local government, at the drought-hit Songming County of Kunming, Yunnan province March 24, 2010. A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said.
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A footprint is seen on a dried-up reservoir in the drought-hit Luoping County of Qujing, Yunnan province March 23, 2010.
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Local residents transport water delivered by the local government with horses at a village in Napo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 23, 2010.
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A boy carries a bucket as he goes to collect water in the drought-hit Luoping County of Qujing, Yunnan province March 23, 2010.
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A local resident sucks air out of a tube used for water delivered by the local government at a village in Napo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 23, 2010.
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A boy carries plastic bottles filled with water at the drought-hit Dashiqiao village of Shilin county, Yunnan province March 22, 2010.
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A man stands on a dried-up pond on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province, March 21, 2010.
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Pupils collect water distributed by the local government at a school in the drought-hit Luoping County of Qujing, Yunnan province March 22, 2010.
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A boy drinks water distributed by the local government in the drought-hit Luliang County of Qujing, Yunnan province March 20, 2010.
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A floating restaurant is stranded in a branch of the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality, March 21, 2010.
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Farmers collect drinking water distributed by the local government in the drought-hit Luliang County of Qujing, Yunnan province March 20, 2010.
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A boy walks with a calf on a dried-up reservoir in Kaiyang county, Guizhou province, March 14, 2010.
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Ethnic Yi women hoe a field to plant mulberry on a hillside on the outskirts of Kaiyuan, Yunnan province February 27, 2010.
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A farmer shows a yellowing leaf of a vegetable seedling in a field in drought-hit Chenggong county, Yunnan province February 24, 2010.
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A villager stands at the edge of a partially dried-up well in Yangjiazhuang Village of Lufeng, Yunnan province February 28, 2010.
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A local resident fills a container with water taken from a partially dried-up reservoir in Zhulin Town of Wenshan County, Yunnan province March 4, 2010. A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger till the start of the rainy season in May, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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A farmer squats beside his bull at a dried-up field in the drought-hit Xiaochong Village, on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province February 2, 2010.
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Farmers carry buckets to collect water on the outskirts of Loudi, Hunan province September 8, 2009.
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Local residents wait to get drinking water distributed by the local government at a drought-hit village in Fuyuan, Yunnan province March 12, 2010.
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An engineer collects water level information on the partially dried-up river bed of the Yangtze River in Chongqing municipality, March 3, 2010.
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A farmer carries a water ladle as he heads for a vegetable field in Chenggong county, Yunnan province February 24, 2010.
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A farmer irrigates a nut field on the outskirts of Fuyuan, Yunnan province March 11, 2010.
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Chinese paramilitary policemen fill buckets with drinking water distributed by the local government to residents at a village in Anshun, Guizhou province March 12, 2010.
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A family carry containers as they walk on a partially dried-up reservoir to collect water in Kaiyang county, Guizhou province, March 16, 2010.
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A woman carries buckets to transport water at the drought-hit Dade Village on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province January 29, 2010.
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A child naps as he waits to get water distributed by the local government at a drought-hit village in Luquan, Yunnan province February 10, 2010.
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A boat cruises on the partially dried-up Tianxingzhou River in Wuhan, Hubei province October 24, 2009. |
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