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A volunteer serves internally displaced Somali people with cooked food from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) feeding program at the Sorrdo camp in Hodan district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. — Reuters

‘Dying one by one:’ Somalia drought crushes herders’ lives

A labourer tries to open a door at a store room as he carries sacks of rice near a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo. — Reuters

As drought slashes rice harvest, 900,000 face hunger in Sri Lanka

A worker spreads wheat crop for drying at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh, India. — Reuters

From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root

Solar borehole water pumps saves children and adults alike from drought. — Courtesy photo

Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders’ children as drought deepens

A Kashmiri man carries cattle-feed on his head outskirts of Srinagar after seasons first snowfall in Kashmir in this Jan. 9, 2017 file photo. — AFP

Used to whizzing bullets, Kashmir border farmers now hit by drought

Residents of Goats Town demand government attention to get water and basic services. — Okaz photo

Goats Town people seek water and basic services

Captured rainfall runoff is piped to concrete tanks in Kikumbulyu, Kenya. — Reuters

Innovative water storage helps Kenyans thrive in drought

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman

King orders loan waiver for 38,774 drought-affected farmers

Zimbabwean men attempt to get a malnourished cow on its feet in rural Masvingo, ZImbabwe, in this file photo. — Reuters

Drought-hit Zimbabwe sells off wild animals

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Too dam‘n’ bad: In drought-hit Indian state, gunmen guard water body

An elderly Indian woman waits for her turn as people form a queue of pots for filling drinking water at a slum area in Mumbai, Maharashtra state, India, on Saturday. — AP

Indian state bans daytime cooking to prevent fires