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Water: A Source of Life, Livelihood — and Fun

From rivers to taps, water is essential.

Amarbayasgalan Ariunbold, left, 8, and Delgerdalai Uvgunkhuu, 7, throw a rock into the Seruun River in Erdenebulgan, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. The children play in the water to cool down while herding lambs and calves.

Dolgormaa Sandagdorj, GPJ Mongolia

Bertha Mwanza washes her feet after doing laundry in a stream in Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia. Mwanza says her area has no running water and they get water from this stream.

Prudence Phiri, GPJ Zambia

Anthoni Roshanthan fishes in Muhathankulam, Sri Lanka.

Thayalini Indrakularasa, GPJ Sri Lanka

Madinah Nakheyenze pumps water from a borehole in Kiwanga, Mukono, Uganda.

Beatrice Lamwaka, GPJ Uganda

Children play at a fountain in front of Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City. In recent years, some public fountains in the city have been renovated to filter water.

Mar García, GPJ Mexico

Thanks Kahindo Wasakundi washes wooden chairs in Kirumba, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Merveille Kavira Luneghe, GPJ Democratic Republic of Congo

Pradhan Murmu, left, and Bijay Sada use a repurposed mosquito net to fish in an intermittent stream in Birtamod, Jhapa district, Nepal. Water only flows in streams like this during the rainy season, which makes it a popular time to fish.

Mayamitu Neupane, GPJ Nepal

Andrew Okello fetches water from a spring to use for construction purposes in Kitukutwe village, Wakiso, Uganda.

Apophia Agiresaasi, GPJ Uganda

After a heavy rainstorm, people pick up pebbles washed up by the river to sell at the Port-de-Paix River in Haiti.

Jusly Felix, GPJ Haiti

Rasanayaki Sureskumar collects drinking water in Pommavely village, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The government built a tap with water available each morning since the water in this village is not suitable for drinking.

Vijayatharsiny Thinesh, GPJ Sri Lanka

Shivani KC, 13, splashes in the Bheri River in Lekbeshi, Surkhet district, Nepal.

Chandani Kathayat, GPJ Nepal

Tendai Sithole, right, washes clothes along the Save River in Manicaland, Zimbabwe on July 6, 2023. She says she comes to the river to do laundry because it’s not allowed at the local borehole.

Evidence Chenjerai, GPJ Zimbabwe

People fill their water bottles at a public tap in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal.

Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal

Maritza Gabriela Franco Hernández, 7, swims in the Batopilas River in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Lilette A. Contreras, GPJ Mexico

A man jumps into a river from the Cacao Bridge in Orocovis, Puerto Rico. The water provides a reprieve from the heat.

Coraly Cruz Mejías, GPJ Puerto Rico

Kahumulha Julius collects water from a stream in a 20-liter jerrican in Magere, Wakiso, Uganda. He will use the water at home when the water is cut off in his village.

Nakisanze Segawa, GPJ Uganda

Girls wash their hands to drink water at traditional stone taps in Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur district, Nepal.

Yam Kumari Kandel, GPJ Nepal

Katerega Allan, left, and Charles Mugabi row to shore to wash and dry their fishing nets after a night of fishing on the River Katonga in Mpigi, Uganda.

Patricia Lindrio, GPJ Uganda