A villager carrying water in two buckets walks
home while others wait for their share at
a water distribution center in Huocun Village of
Zizhong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, June 5,
2007. Continuous drought has greatly affected people's daily life and
agricultural production in 46 counties of the province,
threatening drinking water supply for 3.98 million people and
116,000 livestock. Relief work is underway in these areas.
[Xinhua]
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