Protest, italy. Demonstrators soaked by polices water cannon during the g8 summit in genoa

Thingyan, Burmese New Year Water Festival celebration in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Gardener watering grass in the financial district by the Lippo Centre, Hong Kong, China

Woman watering crops, Mekele, Ethiopia, Africa

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW. Here workers wash dust off the panels to increase their efficiency.

Water intake tower at Thirlmere reservoir, its low level resulting in a hosepipe ban, the drought coming hot on the heels of the worst floods the county had ever seen in November 2009, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fireman with hose; Hillside on fire; Coyote Fire; Coyote Fire 1971; Filmore; California

A man watering his garden in Aylsham. Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tractors connected to hose pipes spraying the moorland to damp down the fire on Ogden Moor, near Wainstalls, above Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Even though Northern China is suffering its worst drought in 50 years, the rich can still afford to wash their cars, China, Asia

Thirlmere reservoir with a hosepipe ban in effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Footprints in the mud at Thirlmere reservoir during a hosepipe ban in effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir during a hosepipe ban in effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tractors connected to hose pipes spraying the moorland to damp down the fire on Ogden Moor, near Wainstalls, above Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A woman in an Ambleside garden in the Lake District uses a garden hose to water plants on the last day before the introduction of the hosepipe ban, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir with a hosepipe ban in effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir the day before a hosepipe ban came into effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir the day before a hosepipe ban came into effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A woman in an Ambleside garden in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir the day before a hosepipe ban came into effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir the day before a hosepipe ban came into effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thirlmere reservoir the day before a hosepipe ban came into effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Footprints in the mud at Thirlmere reservoir during a hosepipe ban in effect in the North West, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cottage garden with hosepipe for watering the plants and flowers, Styria, Austria

Pelican drinking water from hosepipe, Beach pf Monky Mia, Western Australia

Planting of 'Gariguette' strawberry plants on a mulch sheet, also preventing cats from scratching the soil, Pas de Calais, France

Planting of 'Gariguette' strawberry plants on a mulch sheet, also preventing cats from scratching the soil, Pas de Calais, France

Watering can in a garden, spring

Watering can in a garden, spring