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#2150765

30 August 2017

Student boys and girls are drinking water from a well in Urgoon district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, on 30 August 2017.The lack of drinking water is a problem for people in this district in the north-east of Afghanistan.

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#2150766

30 August 2017

Student boys and girls are drinking water from a well in Urgoon district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, on 30 August 2017.The lack of drinking water is a problem for people in this district in the north-east of Afghanistan.

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#2150767

30 August 2017

Student boys and girls are drinking water from a well in Urgoon district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, on 30 August 2017.The lack of drinking water is a problem for people in this district in the north-east of Afghanistan.

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#2150768

30 August 2017

Student boys and girls are drinking water from a well in Urgoon district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, on 30 August 2017.The lack of drinking water is a problem for people in this district in the north-east of Afghanistan.

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#2128785

17 August 2017

A people with banana boat moves to other place for continuous flooding in Sariakandhi area at Bogra, Bangladesh 16 August 2017. Peoples’ suffering continues as many of them left their homes along with their cattle, goats, hens and other pets and took shelter in safe areas and many of these people have still not been able to return as water has not fully receded from their homes. Flood-related incidents in Dinajpur, Gaibandha and Lalmonirhat raising the death toll to 30 in the last three days across the country.

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#1899560

15 April 2017

an elderly man is drinking clean water in the home for elderly people in Haskovo, Bulgaria, where near 156 elderly people live. Radiation in the water in the Bulgarian city of Haskovo, some 200 km east the capital of Sofia. The day before the Easter all the people in Haskovo left without water. Bulgaria's Environment and Water Ministry warned the Regional Health Inspectorate on 4th of April about elevated uranium content, near 0,098 at permissible 0,03 and alpha radiation more than 1,37 at permissible 0,1, more than 13 times abnormal levels. More than six months it had been a secret information and no one told the people in the city about this problem. These days the city of Haskovo is under control and there are ban to use the water from the fountains to drink, take a bath or even to wash the dishes. The government took urgent measures to prevent the local citizens and send twelve clean water cisterns, six of them from the military, Haskovo, Bulgaria on April 15, 2017

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#1877993

3 April 2017

A woman is drinking water from a tube well which is left without the arsenic alert label. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877917

3 April 2017

A strict warning in regional language is labelled on a tube well producing arsenic contaminated ground water, which is harmful to the health of the villagers. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877918

3 April 2017

A pond is marked as arsenic affected but still it is used for commercial fish culture because no pond is left with fresh water. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877920

3 April 2017

Due to scarcity of fresh water the villagers are forced to use the arsenic contaminated pond water for their daily chores. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877921

3 April 2017

Despite seeing the warning label on the tubewell children are forced to drink the poisonous water. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877922

3 April 2017

The bare body of a senior citizen is showing the marks of poison he intakes everyday. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877923

3 April 2017

Both the hands of a villager has got skin eruption due to arsenic contamination. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877928

3 April 2017

A farmer who has to work hard on the fields is suffering from the side effects of the arsenic contamination which doubled his agony. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877931

3 April 2017

A pair of hardworking hand is highly affected due to arsenic contaminated water use. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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#1877935

3 April 2017

A family lost its bread earner and the child became orphan due to arsenic poisoning. Gaighata, West Bengal, on India 2 April 2017. Gaighata, a village in north 24 parganas located near the Indo Bangladesh border is one of the highly arsenic affected areas of West Bengal. Almost all the water bodies of this area including tube wells produces arsenic contaminated water. Villagers are forced to use arsenic contaminated water for drinking purpose and for every other household chores. According to the WHO, drinking arsenic-rich water over a long period of time results in various health hazards including skin problems, skin cancer, cancer of bladder, kidney and lung besides other diseases. These people are also deprived from the medical facilities which has made their life worse. Recently some NGOs are providing fresh water to the villagers but the supply is far lower than the demand level as well.

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