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.