Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink

Fishermen boats are seen, ahead of World Water Day, in the Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

Updated on: Mar 22, 2017 12:54 PM IST

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Fishermen boats are seen, ahead of World Water Day, in the Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

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A worker collects garbage from the Marilao River in Bulacan, north of Manila. Pure Earth, formerly known as the Blacksmith Institute, a non-governmental organisation that works to solve pollution problems in the developing world, named Marilao River as one of the 30 dirtiest places in the world in 2007. (Noel CELIS / AFP)

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Residents do the laundry at a flooded Ramiro Priale highway, after rivers breached their banks due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Huachipa, Lima, Peru. (Mariana Bazo / REUTERS)

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A man offers a prayer as he takes a dip in the polluted waters of Tolly's Nullah in Kolkata. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)

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A boy jumps from a boat at the Bancarios beach, ahead of World Water Day, in the Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (REUTERS)

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A devotee wearing a helmet carries flowers and other worship material before throwing them in the river Brahmaputra on the eve of World Water Day in Gauhati. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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A man collects coconuts thrown as offerings by worshippers on the weed covered Sabarmati river, ahead of World Water Day, in Ahmedabad. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A boy dives inside the Roncador river, ahead of World Water Day, in Bahia, Brazil. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

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People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on March 21, 2017, on the eve of World Water Day. (Biju BORO / AFP)

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A man fishes along a river bank in Jakarta on March 21, 2017, on the eve of World Water Day. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water. (Bay ISMOYO / AFP)

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A fisherman carries a box of fishes at the Bancarios beach, ahead of World Water Day, in the Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

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Boats are seen parked alongside a patch of river on the outskirts of Lahore, ahead of World Water Day. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water. (ARIF ALI / AFP)