Locusts swarm the Middle East

Massive swarms of locusts descended on Egypt, Israel and Gaza in early March, with millions of insects causing widespread disturbances.

In this photograph, an Israeli man runs through a swarm arriving over the Negev desert near the Egyptian border in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

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A locust is seen at a farm in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 5, 2013.

A man watches a swarm of locusts flying above a highway in the Israeli village of Kmehin in the Negev Desert near the Egyptian border March 6, 2013.

Locusts move on a tree as a swarm arrives in Kmehin, Israel, near the Egyptian border March 6, 2013.

A light plane sprays pesticides as a swarm of locusts arrives in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

Locusts cluster on the ground in the Israeli village of Kmehin in the Negev Desert March 6, 2013.

An Israeli man looks through binoculars after collecting locusts in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

A swarm of locusts moves over an Israeli army fire range near the Egyptian border March 6, 2013.

Locusts hang on a tree in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

A light plane sprays pesticides as a swarm of locusts arrives in Israel March 6, 2013.

A man holds locusts in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

An Israeli man runs through a swarm of locusts arriving over the Negev desert in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

Israelis watch a swarm of locusts arrive over the Negev desert in Kmehin, Israel, March 6, 2013.

Locusts land on a sand dune in the Negev Desert in Israel March 5, 2013.

A Palestinian farmer collects a locust in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, March 5, 2013.

A Palestinian farmer displays a locust at a farm in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip March 5, 2013.

A swarm of locusts flies above a highway in the Israeli village of Kmehin March 6, 2013.

A locust is seen on a sand dune in Negev Desert, southern Israel, March 5, 2013.