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  • Dai Xiaopu, the village team leader, stares at the sky helplessly from inside a dry well on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Chahe Village is 800m above the Niulan River (QIN QING)
  • Yang Yunxiu, who is nearly 70 years old, weeps while talking about the drought on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • A little girl returns home after fetching water on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • A villager drives his mule downhill to carry water on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Young villagers fetch water from the Niulan River on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • A villager drinks water on the river bank on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Villagers fighting drought climb up the steep mountain slope with heavy barrels of water on their backs on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Villagers fighting drought drive their livestock up the steep mountain slope on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Children return home after fetching water on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Villagers trudge up the craggy mountain cliff with heavy barrels of water on their backs on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • Villager Ding Chaoke and his daughter carry water back home on March 7 (QIN QING)
  • A villager scoops out a basin of water for each member of her family on March 7 (QIN QING)