U.S. 38th Bombardment Group soldier reading a newspaper while working on something else, New Guinea zone, c. 1944. Why did I posted this photo? Today, believe it or not, is United Nations World Toilet Day! World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations international observance day, celebrated on 19 November, to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 4.5 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation." The global sanitation crisis affects people in developing countries the most. The right to water and sanitation was officially declared a human right by the UN on 28 July 2010. During World War 2, the only way to go the toilet in desparate situations, such as air raids in shelters, people would use a bucket separated by a curtain. Doris Sloane said, “I remember one day, a Chartered Accountant, who was beautifully dressed, with a bowler hat, lent on the curtain, fell backwards into the bucket - his legs and briefcase flying everywhere!”