| View of the Sau reservoir about 100 km (62 miles) north of Barcelona. Spain, Monday, March 20, 2023. The Sau reservoir's water levels now stand at 9% of total capacity, according to Catalan Water Agency data, so officials have taken the decision to remove its fish to stop them from asphyxiating. AP |
| An Indian Hindu devotees drinks water from a tap during a dust storm at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad on June 13, 2018. - Walking for hours, making oil lamps, bearing water. For Venezuelans today, suffering under a new nationwide blackout that has lasted days, it's like being thrown back to life centuries ago. UNESCO World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. AFP |
| This aerial photo shows a desert home with a swimming pool in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, on February 23, 2023. Homes in fast-growing Rio Verde Foothills have never had running water -- there are no mains pipes -- so the 500 households without access to their own wells bought tankerloads from Scottsdale. But the neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a decades-long drought bites the American West. AFP |
| A man carries a container with water he collected from a mountain runoff in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 20, 2023. The celebration of World Water Day on March 22 coincides with the start of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, aimed at solving the water and sanitation crisis. AP |
| Amadeo Briceno crosses a vehicular protection barrier to takes his containers with water he collected from a mountain runoff in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 20, 2023. The celebration of World Water Day on March 22 coincides with the start of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, aimed at solving the water and sanitation crisis. AP |
| Carmelo Del Valle, who was displaced from his home by the rising waters of the Paraguay River, fills buckets with water to haul to his temporary shelter, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, March 18, 2023. The celebration of World Water Day on March 22 coincides with the start of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, aimed at solving the water and sanitation crisis. According to WHO and UNICEF, 1 in 4 people – 2 billion people worldwide – lack safe drinking water. AP |
| Displaced from their home by the rising waters of the Paraguay River, children fill a container with water at their temporary shelter, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, March 18, 2023. AP |
| A resident without running water at home collects water from a natural spring inside a cave, a day ahead of World Water Day, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. AP |
| A man collects water at a manual pump at a slum area in Muntinlupa, Philippines on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. World Water Day will be observed on March 22, and will aim to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource. AP |
| People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. World Water Day will be observed on March 22, to aim to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource. AP |
| Fishermen use a net to catch fish that would struggle to survive in the low-oxygen water in order to protect drinking water in the Sau reservoir, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Barcelona. Spain, Monday, March 20, 2023. The Sau reservoir's water levels now stand at 9% of total capacity, according to Catalan Water Agency data, so officials have taken the decision to remove its fish to prevent them from asphyxiating. AP |
| Thousands of dead fish have washed up in a series of mass kills caused by floods and hot weather at the Menindee township bridge at the Menindee lakes, in outback NSW, Australia, 19 March 2023. Enormous clusters of dead fish have been found at Menindee's main weir on the Darling-Baaka River, the latest in a string of mass kills.'People north of Menindee say there's cod and perch floating down the river everywhere'. EPA |
| A girl takes a dip in the waters of river Yamuna coated with polluted foam in New Delhi on March 21, 2023. AFP |