Parched land

• Source: Global Times
• [03:54 November 05 2009]
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A farmer gets water Tuesday from an almost dry pond at Fangjia Village of Zhongbu Town in Leping, a city of southeast Jiangxi Province. As of Wednesday, the drought had caused a water shortage to over 2 million people and affected 1.2 million hectares of farmland in provinces in south China, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said. Photo: Xinhua