Day: March 22, 2014

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world water day

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in observance of world water day
weather underground publishes an article titled
the world’s thirstiest places
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A boy takes a bath along a pavement in the southern Indian city of Chennai. World Water Day is celebrated on March 22. – voice of america, day in photos

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A man, his wife and their child use a zip-line to cross the Nujiang River in Lazimi village of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China. Residents have been using the zip-line for years to cross the river as there is no bridge nearby, local media reported. – voice of america, day in photos

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A pod of dolphins is seen from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean. – voice of america, day in photos

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below:
winners from the u.n.’s world water day photo contest

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In Bali, there is pure water spring that called Tirta Empul. The Balinese believe that there is energy in this water., Photographer: Kadek Liberia Arya Kusuma

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Photographer: Tushar Cundro Ray

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Paddy Rice, the major crop of Nepalese farmers, requires a lot of water to produce a handful of grain. In order to conserve water and energy, they usually plant after the outbreak of monsoon. Growing demand for limited water supplies puts increasing pressure on water-intensive energy producers to seek alternative approaches.
Photographer: Sandesh Timilsina

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Photographer: Narayan Patel

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This photo was taken at the new garden that has been started at Laga Club, in Wamba in the Samburu province of NW Kenya. The Samburu are historically a nomadic people and the presence of a well (via the Samburu Project) has offered them the opportunity for the first time of growing their own food in a garden. This child was getting a drink before filling his watering can to do some watering in the garden. This photo serves as a reminder of the importance of the investment of water infrastructure for future generations. Photographer: Rudi Dundas

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Rahima Khatun, age 49, lives in Khanpur Village, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Her only deep tube well has been flooded, and as a result, she must travel each day to another village to collect drinking water. It is evident that the “bottom billion” urgently needs access to both water and sanitation services, as well as electricity. While the developed world is concerned with water and energy sustainability, the developing world is concerned with water and energy access. Photographer: Sumon Yusuf

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This photo highlights the innovative combination of clean drinking water produced by renewable energy (solar and wind power). Access to clean water and energy represents a major challenge in pursuing sustainable development. People living in remote areas can profit from a stand-alone solution. Photographer: Andrea Trunz

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A young girl digs deep into soil saturated with salt water, hoping to find logs to burn as fuel. In the course of the cyclone, which struck in May 2009 at Bangladesh’s southwest coastline, surges of water up to three meters high battered the coast along the Bay of Bengal in Khulna district. It was already weakened by Cyclone Sidr, the worst ever in the region. Photographer: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan