Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2013 shows a dried-up pond in Laixi Village of Nanfeng County, east China's Jiangxi Province. A lingering drought in Jiangxi has affected more than 5.96 million people. Over 1.75 million people lack adequate supplies of drinking water, and a total of 437,400 hectares of farmland has been damaged by the drought. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan) |