The Italian capital of Rome has begun to turn off some of its 2,500 drinking fountains after a water shortage caused by drought. /China News Photo

Italy is suffering from one of its driest springs in six decades with parts of the country’s rainfall totals 80% below average. Rome has had seen two years of lower-than-average rainfall, having only 26 rainy days in this year’s first half, compared to 88 in the same period last year. /China News Photo

Italian authorities are also considering the prospect of water rationing which would shut down water supply as long as eight hours daily in alternating neighborhoods. /China News Photo