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Hundreds attend the annual Tel Aviv water fight with water pistols and buckets using only water from Rabin Square's fountain, which is not fit for drinking or bathing. Israel. 1st July 2011

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Traditional water fight makes a splash in Rabin Square - Tel Aviv

Hundreds attend the annual Tel Aviv water fight with water pistols and buckets using only water from Rabin Square's fountain, which is not fit...

by Pixsmedia Images in Israel on 01/07/2011

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Young boys jump in and bathe in Mori Canal - Hyderabad

Young boys jump in and bathe in Channel Mori Canal as the day hot day begins. Children jump from trees, boats, water edges and each other's...

by rajput yasir in Pakistan on 18/04/2011

Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009.

10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.

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Garbage in Manila

DMTX. Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is...

by Mario Travaini in Philippines on 13/12/2009

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Living through Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge brutal regime in Cambodia
Davy Keo recounts her life and the brutality inflicted on her family by the Khmer Rouge regime in 1970's Cambodia as three of Pol Pot's ageing Khmer Rouge top commanders face ...
Clean up begins in Bangkok
The devastating flood in Thailand is beginning to recede in some areas, other areas are still suffering deep water, sometimes caused by the 'BIG BAG' policy used to stop the f...
Rain paralyses life in Dhaka,
Heavy raining in the city continued for a sixth consecutive day, inflicting endless suffering on the people as water logging hampered educational and business activities. Dhaka, Banglad...
Aftermath and clean up of the Tohoku disaster - Kesennuma
On Friday March 11th 2011, at 2:45 PM, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the western Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometers East of the Tohoku region of Japan. The earthquake triggered a large...
Aftermath and clean up of the Tohoku disaster - Ishinomaki
On Friday March 11th 2011, at 2:45 PM, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the western Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometers East of the Tohoku region of Japan. The earthquake triggered a large...
Aftermath and clean up of the Tohoku disaster - Minamisanriku
On Friday March 11th 2011, at 2:45 PM, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the western Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometers East of the Tohoku region of Japan. The earthquake triggered a large...
Traditional water fight  makes a splash in Rabin Square - Tel Aviv
Hundreds attend the annual Tel Aviv water fight with water pistols and buckets using only water from Rabin Square's fountain, which is not fit for drinking or bathing. Israel. 1st ...
Homeless on the banks of the Buriganga River
Reportage of daily life on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 23rd June 2011
Distruction Of Children Park Sanghar
This Park is situated in Housing Society Sanghar, It is Destroyed park. its repair is going on but it is destroying day by day. 15000000 rupees have been spend but where they gone? Cert...
Free water filters to improve and reduce carbon emissions
Video: A new innovative water filter to save lives in Western Kenya, and meanwhile reducing carbon emissions. Kakamega, Kenya. 26/04/2011
Young boys jump in and bathe in Mori Canal -  Hyderabad
Young boys jump in and bathe in Channel Mori Canal as the day hot day begins. Children jump from trees, boats, water edges and each other's shoulders while having fun in the canal.
Cleaning the Motlawa river
The Zbierak 2 cleaning ship during its duty on the Motlawa river in Gdansk.
Changing face of Goan Beaches
Disappearing sands dunes, open toilets, and the changing topography of Goa's shoreline are prominent with the passing of every tourist season. Margao, India. 20/01/2011
Fishing in the filth of Kalimas River
Shallow river discharge due to the lack of running water makes the surface of the river look filthy with mud sediment, plant waste and household rubbish: resulting in a river that is po...
Loy Kratong Festival in Bangkok
Thai people are observing Loy Kratong today, an annual festival which involves making offerings to the water with flowers, incense, and candles and also asking forgiveness for having di...
Electric shock fishing in Vietnam
Poverty prompts Vietnamese fisher in the Thua Thien Hue province to use dangerous electro-fishing, endangering not only the eco system but also risking their lives. Vietnam. 30/08/10.
Abandoned! - The Tented cities of Haiti
The residents of the Tent Cities in Haiti feel as if they have been abandoned by the entire world. Their condition is heart wrenching with very limited supplies of food and basic necess...
Bathing in the river to escape the stifling heat
A number of children bathing in the river to escape the stifling heat due to the hot weather. Despite the health risks posed by the polluted water in the River Kalimas, the children see...
International 'Stop The Tar Sands' Day - Berlin
Protesters played music, "tar sands twister", "tar sands volleyball", and "dirty oil hand painting" in front of the Canadian Embassy to create awareness fo...
The Forgotten People - Bangkok's Poor of Klong Toey Slum
As passenger cars zip by on a busy expressway in Bangkok they pass one of the largest slums in Thailand. In fact many of the passengers in those cars are not aware they are literally dr...