A man walks through a dried-up reservoir in the drought-hit Donghua county of Chuxiong City, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 21, 2010. High temperatures and a shortage of rainfall continue to plague the drought-stricken Yunnan province, reducing crop production by 60 percent. More people in more areas will suffer through the drought before the rainy season starts in late May, according to the local weather broadcast bureau. [Xinhua]

Yi ethnic residents queue to get water in the drought-hit Donghua county of Chuxiong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 21, 2010. The local government of Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture has been dispatching water by truck everyday to ease the water shortage in some villages. [Xinhua]