Lingering droughts in Guizhou affect more than 12 mln people (17)

Local residents get water delivered by government in the Jinba Village of Jinsha County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 31, 2013. Lingering droughts in Guizhou have affected more than 12 million people. Over 2 million people lack adequate supplies of drinking water, and a total of 847,300 hectares of farmland is damaged by the drought. (Xinhua/Yang Ying)