The 6th World Water Forum opened in Marseille with the welcome news that the world had attained the MDG target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water way ahead of the 2015 deadline. However, another 800 million people in the world are yet to share in that success. http://bit.ly/xcG4Ja 

Children of St Martin School in Marseille stage a performance during the opening of the 6th WWF. Photo by Lydia Mirembe/IRC Triple-S