ABALA, NIGER, 30th July 2010: Tribal chief Bubacar Maman, 70, is reduced to picking weeds to survive because of drought.

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ABALA, NIGER, 30th July 2010: Tribal chief Bubacar Maman, 70, explains how local stock has been wiped out by drought. People have reduced to picking weeds to survive. Photo by Mike Goldwater / Christian Aid

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Location: Niger, West Africa
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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