Famine

Islam Qudeih shows her severely malnourished shirtless, 2-year-old daughter, Shamm, to journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. Doctors said Shamm may have a genetic disorder that affects muscle and bone development, but there is no way to test for it in Gaza. On Tuesday, August 12, her family was granted permission to travel to a hospital in Italy. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

Palestinians carry sacks of flour taken from a humanitarian aid convoy en route to Gaza City, in the outskirts of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A Somali woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, Sept. 20, 2022. The region has long known droughts, but Somalis say the current drought is worse than any they can remember. Four straight rainy seasons have failed, starting two years ago. The fifth and six seasons are likely to fail also. (AP Photo / Jerome Delay) This drought has astonished resilient herders and farmers by lasting four failed rainy seasons, starting two years ago. The fifth season is underway and likely will fail too, along with the sixth early next year.

Qandi Gul, 10, holds her brother outside housing for those displaced by war and drought near Herat, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2021. Gul’s father sold her into marriage without telling his wife Aziz, taking a down payment so he could feed his family of five children. Without that money, he told Aziz, they would all starve. He had to sacrifice one to save the rest. But Aziz is fighting to save her daughter from being forced into the arranged marriage. (AP Photo / Mstyslav Chernov)