Wheat grains and droughts in Africa - in pictures

  • Workers carry sacks of wheat for distribution to more than 4,500 people who fled violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region. AFP
    Workers carry sacks of wheat for distribution to more than 4,500 people who fled violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region. AFP
  • Ethiopia's government on March 24 declared 'an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately', saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid to the Tigray region. AFP
    Ethiopia's government on March 24 declared 'an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately', saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid to the Tigray region. AFP
  • Farmers harvest with combines in a wheat field near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia. AP
    Farmers harvest with combines in a wheat field near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia. AP
  • A worker collects Egyptian traditional 'baladi' flatbread at a bakery in El Sharabia, in Cairo, Egypt. AP
    A worker collects Egyptian traditional 'baladi' flatbread at a bakery in El Sharabia, in Cairo, Egypt. AP
  • Fields of barley and wheat are seen outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
    Fields of barley and wheat are seen outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
  • Farmers harvest with combines in a wheat field near the village of Tbilisskaya, Russia. AP
    Farmers harvest with combines in a wheat field near the village of Tbilisskaya, Russia. AP
  • Women carry sacks of wheat during a food distribution programme organised by the Ethiopian government in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia. AFP
    Women carry sacks of wheat during a food distribution programme organised by the Ethiopian government in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia. AFP
  • Barley and wheat fields outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
    Barley and wheat fields outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
  • Wheat and barley fields in South Africa. Reuters
    Wheat and barley fields in South Africa. Reuters
  • Grain fields in South Africa. Reuters
    Grain fields in South Africa. Reuters
  • Grain fields in South Africa. Reuters
    Grain fields in South Africa. Reuters
  • Fields of barley and wheat in Caledon, South Africa. Reuters
    Fields of barley and wheat in Caledon, South Africa. Reuters
  • An Ethiopian woman sifts through distributed food supplies in a camp for the internally displaced in Adadle, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. WFP via AP
    An Ethiopian woman sifts through distributed food supplies in a camp for the internally displaced in Adadle, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. WFP via AP
  • A child looks after his family's animals in the Shabelle zone of the Somali region of Ethiopia. Unicef via AP
    A child looks after his family's animals in the Shabelle zone of the Somali region of Ethiopia. Unicef via AP