Photo taken on May 24, 2011 shows a dried-up fishpond in the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province. Plagued by a severe drought which is spreading throughout China's southern regions, Honghu Lake has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. [Xinhua/Hao Tongqian]