The Most Surprising Pictures of 2010
Luliang, China
Photograph by Yang Yingbo / ChinaFotoPress / Zuma Press
A fish is encased in dried mud at Dege reservoir in Luliang county, Yunnan province of China, Mar. 31, 2010. The worst drought to hit the country in a century affected a total of approximately 7.75 million hectares of arable land and left more than 24 million people short of water.
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