17 images showing how countries facing dire water shortages across the globe get this vital resource
The southern Gaza Strip in Palestine has been going through a water crisis since 2014 due to Israeli bombs damaging the area's water. People now depend on the purification plants for drinking water, since more than three-fourths of the water pipelines were damaged.
In Sanaa, Yemen, women have to walk long distances to collect water for their families. Yemen's main source of water is water tanks — which are rapidly increasing in prices — causing the country to be low on water.
People in Caracas, Venezuela get their water from a spring next to the Avila mountain.
Algeria has very limited supply of water, due to the fact that the dry Sahara Desert covers most of the country. In Chiffa, Algeria, they get their water from springs.
Yangon, Myanmar has no shortage of water — the country is full of ponds, streams, and rivers. Problem is, the water isn't safe to drink. It some cases, it's heavily contaminated with lead. Oftentimes, the rare safe water that they do get is too costly for many residents, so they must fetch the water themselves.
Climate change has pushed the northern regions of China into a severe drought. It is tough to get water inside many homes, so some people have to collect their water from public taps.
In Allahabad, India, people are getting water from the banks of the river Ganges.
Wells are the main water supply in the village of Rum, Belarus.
To get fresh water for drinking and cooking, some people outside of Krasnoyarsk, near Siberia, Russia have to break through frozen surfaces.
About a third of Pakistan's population lacks access to safe drinking water. The rivers and dams in Karachi, Pakistan are contaminated with lead, chromium, and cyanide.
In Peshawar, Pakistan, women and children draw drinking water from a well using a hand pump.
Islamabad, Pakistan has very limited water and they have to access it through public taps.
People in the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria are getting their water from water selling points in the Makoko fishing community.
About 90% of Syria has severely limited access to fresh water. In November 2015, an airstrike destroyed an aid dispensary in Idlib province, Syria. This dispensary was providing free, safe drinking water to over 50,000 people. Now that it's ruined, people are having a hard time finding safe water. People who cannot afford safe drinking water must get it from questionable areas.
Source: syriadirect.org
Most rural regions in Nepal, including Kathmandu, rely on tube wells for their drinking water. A major concern is that these wells are contaminated from arsenic — a metallic chemical element.
The main source of water in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey is the Euphrates River. Overuse and pollution of the river has limited its resources, making the water less safe. People are still getting water from the river, especially in Najaf, just south of Baghdad, as pictured below.
In other parts of Baghdad, people collect their water from swamps due to the overuse of the water in the Euphrates River.
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