World Water Day recognized around the globe
World Water Day, marked on March 22, 2016, is an international observance to learn more about water related issues and to take action for sustainable management of freshwater resources.
- A Bangladeshi boatman washes his boat with polluted water from the Burignaga river in Dhaka on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
- Beloni (34) gives a bath to his son, 6, on a small street in the neighborhood of Cite Vincent, on March 21, 2016, commune of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. World Water Day, marked on March 22, 2016, is an international observance to learn more about water related issues and to take action for sustainable management of freshwater resources. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian woman carries a pot containing drinking water at a residential area in Chennai on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian woman washes clothes by a water tap as animals gather around a polluted pond in Allahabad on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian girl sits on a rickshaw trolley and drinks after collecting water in plastic barrels from a road side tap in Allahabad on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian tribal woman carries water from a rivulet, in a jug on her head for drinking, during World Water Day in Baramura Hills on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of the northeastern state of Tripura, on March 22, 2016. (Arindam Dey/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian workers add labels onto bottles of drinking water at a bottling unit on World Water Day in Agartala, capital of norhteastern state of Tripura, on March 22, 2016. (Arindam Dey/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian man carries a pot containing drinking water from his suppy cart water supply tanker at a commercial area in Chennai on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian man take a bath after collecting water from a road side tap in Allahabad on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian children fill containers with water from a tap on World Water Day in Jalandhar on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (Shammi Mehra/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian child carries a sack to collect used water bottles as school students take part in an awareness rally held to mark World Water Day in Hyderabad on March 22, 2016. The United Nations World Water Day is marked anually on March 22 and in 2016 focuses on the positive impact water quantity and quality can have on workers lives and livelihoods, and societies and economies. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani child drinks water from a pipe in a makeshift settlement in Peshawar on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pakistani girls fill water pots from a hand pump at a slum area of Lahore on March 21, 2016, on the eve of World Water Day. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of our water resources. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani child fills a bucket with water in a makeshift settlement in Peshawar on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani woman carries a water pot through a makeshift settlement as men bathe using a communal water pump in Lahore on March 22, 2016. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Palestinian boy drinks from a tap delivering drinking water for free on March 22, 2016 in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Palestinian boy carries a basket loaded with bottles that he has filled from taps delivering drinking water for free on March 22, 2016 in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. International World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and advocate for sustainable water resource management.(Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)
- Beloni (34) gives a bath to his son, 6, on a small street in the neighborhood of Cite Vincent, on March 21, 2016 in the commune of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. World Water Day, marked on March 22, 2016, is an international observance to learn more about water related issues and to take action for sustainable management of freshwater resources. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian school children take part in an awareness rally held to mark World Water Day in Hyderabad on March 22, 2016. The United Nations World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 and in 2016 focuses on the positive impact water quantity and quality can have on workers lives and livelihoods, and societies and economies. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man pours clean water on him at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. World Water Day is marked on Tuesday, March 22. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)