Friday 2 April 2010

World Water Day


A cross hewn for Epiphany in the ice of Maine's Kennebec River by parishioners of St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the baptism of Christ. The water from the carving will bless the church.


Mahendra Kumar surfaces to catch his breath as he dives into a polluted section of the River Yamuna to scavenge for ornaments and coins left by Hindu rituals at the river bank, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 22, 2010. Officials say factories are ignoring regulations and dumping untreated sewage and industrial pollution, turning toxic the river that gives the capital much of its drinking water.
4,000 baby bottles containing polluted water stand on the Bundesplatz in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, March 22. 2010. The action was organized by the Swiss association for International Cooperation Helvetas to highlight the UN's World Water Day.
A boy swims in the murky waters of Manila Bay March 21, 2010.

A selection of Images from World Water Day. (March 22nd) The photo's from the National Geographic aim to raise awareness of the fact that although we live in such a water covered planet, only 1% of it is available from human consumption, with the rest being held in the oceans, atmosphere, and ice.

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