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In Pictures: World Water Day draws attention to our most important liquid

Photographers across India have captured the way water is an integral part of our lives.

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An Indian woman waters an under-construction wall near the Taj Mahal monument in Agra, India (RS Iyer/AP)

World Water Day, on March 22 every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water.

While in some countries complaining about rain is a way of passing the day, for others the natural resource is in short supply.

India is one country grappling with a water crisis.

An Indian woman fills plastic vessels with water from a shared tap (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
An Indian woman fills plastic vessels with water from a shared tap (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
A cadet of the National Cadets Corp (NCC) makes a point on World Water Day (Mahesh Kumar A/AP)
A cadet of the National Cadets Corp (NCC) makes a point on World Water Day (Mahesh Kumar A./AP)
An Indian woman washes clothes by a public tap (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
A woman washes clothes by a public tap (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
A man carries a vessel of water in Bangalore (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
A man carries a vessel of water in Bangalore (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
An Indian boy jumps across polluted water in Gauhati (Anupam Nath/AP)
An Indian boy jumps across polluted water in Gauhati (Anupam Nath/AP)
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