A man sits by the side of an almost dried-up pond in Shuichong Village in Huishui County of the Qiannan Buyi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 15, 2013. Lingering droughts in Guizhou have affected more than 16.67 million people. Over 2.98 million people lack adequate drinking water, and a total of 1.26 million hectares of farmland has been damaged by the drought. (Xinhua/Liu Xu) |