Assuan

Locals trying to sell souvenirs to tourists spending their holidays 

on a ferry boat on the Nile river.

Egypt, Assuan

© Adam Kokot  / Babel Images

Rain, Romance and River

The banks of the river Hoogly is a favorite spot for lovers of Kolkata, India. A couple exchange sweet Nothings on a rainy day while a man passes by.

© Chhandak Pradhan / Babel Images

Flood in Poland

Following intensive rains in the south of Poland and in the Czech Republic, both the Vistula and Oder river systems (the biggest in Poland) are not able to deal with the amount of water. Poland is experiencing heaviest flood since years. Some experts worry that current situation might turned out to be worse than during the "Flood of the Millennium" in July 1997.
Rescue workers securing the Vistula river banks in Krakow. May 19, 2010

@ Aleksander Bochenek / Babel Images

The Great Race

Boatsmen and spectators waiting for Sunday races during the annual Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Every year this three days long event - marking the reversal of flow of the Tonle Sap river - attracts around two million people from the countryside to come and watch competing teams from all across the country.

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