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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