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A woman walks with her blind husband as they carry a food parcel collected during a food distribution leaded by the international NGO Gift to the Givers, in Johannesburg CBD, on October 14. Luca Sola / AFP
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A man and woman carry malnourished children at a camp for Syrians displaced by conflict near the town of Deir Al Ballut by Syria's border with Turkey in the northwest of the Aleppo province, September 28. Rami Al Sayed/ AFP
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A Yemeni child receives humanitarian aid, donated by the World Food Programme in the city of Taez, on October 10. Ahmad Al Basha / AFP
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Workers cut grass at an apple plantation of Darui Apple Industry Park in Yuexi county, during a government-organised media tour, Sichuan province, China, September 11. Tingshu Wang / Reuters
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A worker moves boxes of apples on a production line in Yuexi county, during a government-organised media tour, Sichuan province, China, September 11. Tingshu Wang / Reuters
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A dry food vendor waits for customers at his street food shop in Kolkata, Eastern India, October 9. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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An Indian family eats lunch at a street food stall in Kolkata, Eastern India, October 9. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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Women peel potatoes outside a snack bar amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9, 2020. Silvia Izquierdo / AP
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Rice is harvested by combines at a field in Chongming Island, Shanghai, China, on October 13. The UN last week released its gauge of global food prices, which showed costs rose 2.1% in September, mainly driven by grains and vegetable oils. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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A farmer collects paddy rice grains after drying them in the sun, after the harvest in Bhaktapur, Nepal October 13. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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A Malawian man carries food aid distributed by the United Nations World Food Progamme in Mzumazi village near the capital Lilongwe, February 3, 2016. Mike Hutchings/ Reuters
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A worker makes tofu from soybeans at a facility in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on October 12. Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP
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Farm dogs Rudy (L) and Gus sit in a Land Rover next to a sign that reads 'Keep British Food Standards' during a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on October 12, in London. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A volunteer (R) of the charity 'Les Restos du Coeur' distributes food to a man in need at a centre of the charity in Paris on October 13. Christophe Archambault/ AFP
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Workers produce rice vinegar during a government organised tour at a production plant in Zhenjiang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on October 12, 2020. Hector Retamal/ AFP
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A worker checks rice vinegar stored in large jars at a plant in Zhenjiang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Hector Retamal/ AFP
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A blind woman collects her food parcel during a food distribution organised by Gift of the Givers in Johannesburg CBD, on October 14. Luca Sola / AFP
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A woman walks with her blind husband as they carry a food parcel collected during a food distribution leaded by the international NGO Gift to the Givers, in Johannesburg CBD, on October 14. Luca Sola / AFP
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A man and woman carry malnourished children at a camp for Syrians displaced by conflict near the town of Deir Al Ballut by Syria's border with Turkey in the northwest of the Aleppo province, September 28. Rami Al Sayed/ AFP
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A Yemeni child receives humanitarian aid, donated by the World Food Programme in the city of Taez, on October 10. Ahmad Al Basha / AFP
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Workers cut grass at an apple plantation of Darui Apple Industry Park in Yuexi county, during a government-organised media tour, Sichuan province, China, September 11. Tingshu Wang / Reuters
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A worker moves boxes of apples on a production line in Yuexi county, during a government-organised media tour, Sichuan province, China, September 11. Tingshu Wang / Reuters
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A dry food vendor waits for customers at his street food shop in Kolkata, Eastern India, October 9. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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An Indian family eats lunch at a street food stall in Kolkata, Eastern India, October 9. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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Women peel potatoes outside a snack bar amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9, 2020. Silvia Izquierdo / AP
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Rice is harvested by combines at a field in Chongming Island, Shanghai, China, on October 13. The UN last week released its gauge of global food prices, which showed costs rose 2.1% in September, mainly driven by grains and vegetable oils. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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A farmer collects paddy rice grains after drying them in the sun, after the harvest in Bhaktapur, Nepal October 13. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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A Malawian man carries food aid distributed by the United Nations World Food Progamme in Mzumazi village near the capital Lilongwe, February 3, 2016. Mike Hutchings/ Reuters
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A worker makes tofu from soybeans at a facility in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on October 12. Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP
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Farm dogs Rudy (L) and Gus sit in a Land Rover next to a sign that reads 'Keep British Food Standards' during a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on October 12, in London. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A volunteer (R) of the charity 'Les Restos du Coeur' distributes food to a man in need at a centre of the charity in Paris on October 13. Christophe Archambault/ AFP
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Workers produce rice vinegar during a government organised tour at a production plant in Zhenjiang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on October 12, 2020. Hector Retamal/ AFP
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A worker checks rice vinegar stored in large jars at a plant in Zhenjiang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Hector Retamal/ AFP
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A blind woman collects her food parcel during a food distribution organised by Gift of the Givers in Johannesburg CBD, on October 14. Luca Sola / AFP
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A woman walks with her blind husband as they carry a food parcel collected during a food distribution leaded by the international NGO Gift to the Givers, in Johannesburg CBD, on October 14. Luca Sola / AFP
It's still possible to end hunger forever
At 75, the UN's food agency has work to do and is far from riding off into the sunset
27 October, 2020
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