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PHOTOS: World Toilet Day 2008
17 Nov 2008 11:35:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
 

People use a public toilet constructed over the sea in a slum area in Jakarta October 14, 2008. In the recent year, at least 80 percent of the 250 million Indonesians have had no access to piped water. Due to difficulties and limited access to clean water, a large number of people still use rivers for drinking water, bathing and washing, according to a World Health Organization study. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)
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A resident from the ethnic Guere opens the door to a toilet in Fengolo September 23, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago ( IVORY COAST)
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A boy stands at a public toilet at Kibera slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi August 15, 2008. Many such local facilities have been provided by aid organisations working to improve the living conditions in poor areas. REUTERS/ Noor Khamis (KENYA)
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A diner has his meal on toilet seats at a toilet-themed restaurant in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province June 29, 2008. The restaurant, which opened on June 1, features toilet seats as dining chairs and food served in miniature bathtubs and toilet bowls. Picture taken June 29, 2008. REUTERS/Steven Shi ( CHINA
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A boy displaced during post-election violence stands at a fence while others queue to use the toilets at the soccer stadium in Nakuru, west of Nairobi February 16, 2008. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (KENYA)
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Children sit in a wooden public toilet over the sea at a slum area near Jakarta harbour November 30, 2007. REUTERS/ Beawiharta (INDONESIA)
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A worker cleans a newly installed public toilet at the Olympic Green in Beijing July 21, 2008. Beijing dispatched 8,000 toilet maintenance staff, each responsible for a specific public restroom in the city and trained in hygiene standards and techniques, Olympic knowledge and practical English expressions, Xinhua said. The city was also struggling with which style of commode would be best, noting Westerners prefer seated toilets, which are more comfortable and convenient for the elderly or infirm. The squat toilets widely used in Chinese public facilities are considered more hygienic as there is no direct contact with body, it said. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV ( CHINA
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A Haitian woman drinks water from a communal water pipe in Port-au-Prince July 21, 2008. According to UNICEF and local media, only 55 percent of households in Haiti have access to a source of non-potable water while 70 percent of households have some rudimentary toilets or do not have any toilets at all. Potable water must be purchased in shops or from vendors. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI)
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A woman walks towards public toilets in front of abandoned apartment blocks on the outskirts of the oil-producing town of Yumen, Gansu province, February 26, 2008. REUTERS/Emma Graham-Harrison ( CHINA)
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