In pictures: India's drought

Fifty million Indians across four states have been affected by drought, said to be the worst in 100 years.

With temperatures hitting 45C two men take respite from the immense heat

Women in Gujarat trek miles to fetch water delivered by tankers

In many places, people have been queueing to buy supplies of drinking water

Women from the drought-affected Kutch district in Gujarat draw water from a pump

Amiya Kumari takes water back to her home on a donkey

Women collect water from a well in Kurla, Orissa

Farmers use a dead tree and a pulley try to retrieve water from an almost dry well

A tired young girl, Sambi Bhen, prepares for the long wait for water