Pu Bixian, a 62-year-old local villager, digs lotus roots in a dry pond in Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Feb. 25, 2010. The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought. [Xinhua]

Local residents carry underground water in Napo County of Baise City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 24, 2010. Drought has plagued local people for months, causing three reservoirs to dry up. [Xinhua]