Tens of thousands of people have been severely hit by the current drought in Polonnaruwa, Hambantota and other areas. Our main picture shows desperate Polonnaruwa women collecting even muddy water from a tank, because they have no option. Not only humans but animals also have been affected, searching the barren waste for the taste of [...]

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All day they search the barren waste for water

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Tens of thousands of people have been severely hit by the current drought in Polonnaruwa, Hambantota and other areas. Our main picture shows desperate Polonnaruwa women collecting even muddy water from a tank, because they have no option. Not only humans but animals also have been affected, searching the barren waste for the taste of water as seen in the insets where an elephant probes a broken barrel to find some water while monkeys not knowing about the crisis of global warming are seen here opening taps and drinking water from a tank because the water sources they knew have run dry. Pix by Gamini Obeysekera and Janath de Silva

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