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A mother and child wait for medical care in Esteqlal hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Cereals displayed for sale in the central market of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2008. Due to high food prices, the majority of people cannot afford regular daily meals.
Cereals are displayed for sale in central market of Kabul, Afghan
A child tends over sheep in central Kabul June 2008. In Afghanistan, more than 50 percent of the population of 24 million people is under the age of 18. UNICEF estimates that up to 30 percent of primary school age children are working and are often the sole source of income for their families.
A child tends over sheep in central Kabul, Afghanistan
A young girl cleans rice in a farm in Minguindano Province, Mandanao Island in the southern Philippines. March 2008. The staple food for the majority of Filipinos, rice, is considered a political commodity and the looming shortage and price increases could spell trouble for the government, some critics have said
A young girl cleans rice in a farm in Minguindano Province,Philippines. March 2008.
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