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PHOTOS: Pakistan food insecurity
22 Jul 2008 13:27:00 GMT
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Villagers hold pitchers of drinking water on their head as they walk to get water for their families in the village of Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. The term food insecure means people are unable to get sufficient nutritious food to meet dietary needs. REUTERS/Akram Shahid
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Villager Mangal Ram (L) works at his mud house in the village Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Akram Shahid
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A boy plays in the village Taho Bheel at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Aftab Borka
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A villager prepares roti (bread) in her mud house in the village Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan' s 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Athar Hussain
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Villagers hold pitchers of drinking water on their head as they walk to get water for their families at the village of Bhattian Jivery in Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Athar Hussain
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A villager washes pots at the courtyard of her house at the village Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Athar Hussain
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Children smile in the slums of the outskirts of Karachi July 9, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan's 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. REUTERS/Athar Hussain
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