A labourer rests at the construction site of the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai November 3, 2009. The World Bank on Wednesday raised its forecasts for Chinese growth this year and projected a slightly faster pace of expansion in 2010, but it said Beijing did not need to embark on major policy tightening at this stage. Picture taken November 3, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A labourer rests at the construction site of the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai November 3, 2009. The World Bank on Wednesday raised its forecasts for Chinese growth this year and projected a slightly faster pace of expansion in 2010, but it said Beijing did not need to embark on major policy tightening at this stage. Picture taken November 3, 2009.

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  4. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: Men bathe themselves on the banks of the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  5. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: A clothes washer looks downwards as he pauses on the banks of the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  6. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: A woman walks past an unfinished section piping leading to a water filtration complex on the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  7. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: A Sadhu unties his boat as he takes to the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  8. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: Litter and debris float down a stretch of the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  9. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: A man washes himself on the banks of the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  10. DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: Litter and debris float down a stretch of the Yamuna river on December 14, 2009 in Delhi, India. In a city of approximately 16 million, over a quarter of New Delhi residents have no access to piped water. City residents pour an estimated 950 million gallons of sewage into the Yamuna River everyday, 50% of which enters untreated. The entire Yamuna River right from its origin to confluence with the river Ganges and its tributaries are subject to human activities, which directly or indirectly affect the water quality. 2.1 million children in India under the age of 5 die each year from water-borne diseases. The World Bank reports India stands on the edge of an era of severe water scarcity as the city's population has grown over 40% in 15 years. Acording to UNICEF, water-borne diseases are responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined.
  11. A protester is silhouetted as he and his colleagues call on the IMF-World Bank and Asian Development Bank to keep out of climate negotiations during a rally in Mandaluyong City Metro Manila December 14, 2009. The protesters demand that financial institutions should stop funding dirty technologies such as coal power plants which induce climate change.
  12. Private guards cast shadows as protesters picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city east of Manila, Philippines Monday Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.
  13. Protesters are silhouetted as they picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city east of Manila, Philippines Monday Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.
  14. Protesters picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city east of Manila, Philippines Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.
  15. Protesters are silhouetted as they picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines Monday Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.
  16. Protesters picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines Monday Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.

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