Faces of famine

Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

The arm of Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his motherl in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Ali Omar, a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia cries on bed at Bandar hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Daud Karama 5-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Amin Mohamed 4-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Ali Omar a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Bandar hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Hibo Mohamud, a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia is comforted on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Husein Momin, a 3-years-old malnourished child from southern Somalia sit on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Abdi'asis Haji, 2, a malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on a bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Somalis from southern Somalia receive food at a feeding center in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Muse Nesir, a 12-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

A child with feeding tubes in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

How to help: InterAction website
Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to a new camp for internally displaced refugees in Mogadishu Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

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Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

A child lies in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

How to help: InterAction website
Africa famine experts: 800,000 children may die

Aden, a three-year-old Somali refugee with his father Abdille, recovers at the stabilization center at Hagadere refugee area August 02, 2011, after arriving a week earlier on the verge of death from severe malnutrition. Aden lost his mother to starvation during the journey from southern Somalia and is now recovering remarkably at the center, run by the International Rescue Committee [IRC], supported by UNICEF, after his father, grandmother and two siblings managed to get at the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya's north-easterly province.

A child from southern Somalia gestures as wears a pot on his head next to a food distribution center in a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 28, 2011.