People set up a rig to get underground water at the severely drought-hit Gulong Town in Huangping County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 3, 2013. Lingering droughts in Guizhou have affected more than 13 million people. Over 2 million people lack adequate supplies of drinking water, and a total of 15.2 million mu (about one million hectares) of farmland is damaged by the drought. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu) |