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Intricate window frames in Sanaa
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Yemen has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. All photos: Ryan Carter / The National
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The President's Mosque in Sanaa
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A couple enjoy the view over Wadi Dhar outside Sanaa
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Children tend to goats in Bait Baws
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Making traditional Yemeni swords old Sanaa
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Yahya Yahya Mohesen Anuse, 12, picks khat from his family's trees in Wadi Dhar
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Hamad with younger siblings Noura, six, and Mohamed, seven, on disused land behind their home in the old city of Sanaa
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Sadeq Moushed, 35, inspects his beehives in Wadi Zabid
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Tending to goats outside Bait Baws
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A cigarette break during renovation work on a building in the old city of Sanaa
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Mohamed Hamza, 10, in old Sanaa
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A rooftop view of the old city
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Intricate window frames in Sanaa
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Yemen has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. All photos: Ryan Carter / The National
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The President's Mosque in Sanaa
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A couple enjoy the view over Wadi Dhar outside Sanaa
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Children tend to goats in Bait Baws
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Making traditional Yemeni swords old Sanaa
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Yahya Yahya Mohesen Anuse, 12, picks khat from his family's trees in Wadi Dhar
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Hamad with younger siblings Noura, six, and Mohamed, seven, on disused land behind their home in the old city of Sanaa
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Sadeq Moushed, 35, inspects his beehives in Wadi Zabid
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Tending to goats outside Bait Baws
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A cigarette break during renovation work on a building in the old city of Sanaa
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Mohamed Hamza, 10, in old Sanaa
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A rooftop view of the old city
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Intricate window frames in Sanaa
Yemen crisis donations down due to Ukraine war, say aid groups
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Nada AlTaher
28 February, 2023
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