Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2011 shows rimous paddy field in Yanziqian Village of Sinan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The drought in the county has left nearly 302,400 people short of drinking water, affected 27,500 hectares of farmland and caused direct economic losses of 302.4 million yuan (about 47.3 million U.S. dollars).[Xinhua]