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Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia

Fartum Issack, right, and her husband, Adan, stand by the grave of their 1-year-old daughter at a displacement camp on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The graveyard opened in April, and there's easily room for hundreds more graves. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Fartum Issack sits in a shelter at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Issack and her husband carried a small body along a dusty track to a graveyard. Their 1-year-old daughter had arrived at camp sick and hungry. She was rushed for treatment, but it was too late. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Women walk outside at a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Children attend a class in a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A girl eats at a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Girls attend a class at a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A child eats at a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Students eat at a school in Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. At midday, dozens of hungry children from the camps try to slip into a local primary school where the World Food Program offers a rare lunch program for students. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Khadija Abdi Ibrahim sits near her shop in Dollow, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. She now keeps her goats, sheep and cattle alive by buying precious grain, grinding it and using it as fodder. She says the price of cooking oil and other items has doubled since last year. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A child is measured at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A child is weighed at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Hamdi Yusuf, a malnourished child, is held by her mother in Dollow, Somalia on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. She was little more than bones and skin when her mother found her unconscious, two months after arriving in the camps and living on scraps of food offered by neighbors. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Men and women stand at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Water dribbles out of a faucet at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Water is distributed at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Huts made of branches and cloth provide shelter to Somalis displaced by drought on the outskirts outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Water is distributed at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Two women walk near the Ethiopian border crossing on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Displaced people who have arrived at a camp wait for plot allocation on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Sticks and cloth are used to make shelter at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Children stand near shelters at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Abdiyo Barre Ali, right and Abdiyo Ali Abdi recite poetry at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A woman builds shelter at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) People walk through a displacement camp outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) People arrive at a displacement camp on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Mohamed Ahmed Diriye arrives with others to a displacement camp on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A woman holds a child at a clinic in Dollow, Somalia, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember. A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)