• Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to the new camp in southern Mogadishu's Hosh neighborhood Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) .
    Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to the new camp in southern Mogadishu's Hosh neighborhood Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) .
  • July 10, 2011: Somali refugees lead their herds of goats home for the night, inside Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world after ???
    July 10, 2011: Somali refugees lead their herds of goats home for the night, inside Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world after ???
  • July 12, 2011: Men prepare the body of Aden Ibrahim for burial in accordance with Somali tradition, inside the makeshift shelter where Aden's family lives amongst other newly-arrived Somali refugees, on the outskirts of Ifo II Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya.???
    July 12, 2011: Men prepare the body of Aden Ibrahim for burial in accordance with Somali tradition, inside the makeshift shelter where Aden's family lives amongst other newly-arrived Somali refugees, on the outskirts of Ifo II Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya.???
  • July 11, 2011: Marwo Maalin feeds her son, one-year-old Habibo Bashir, as part of his treatment for severe malnutrition, at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
    July 11, 2011: Marwo Maalin feeds her son, one-year-old Habibo Bashir, as part of his treatment for severe malnutrition, at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
  • July 12, 2011: Men pray over the mat-wrapped body of 3-year-old Nasro Ahmed Gure, whose parents say died of illnesses related to malnutrition, as they prepare her for burial in an area where newly-arrived Somali refugees have settled on the outskirts of D???
    July 12, 2011: Men pray over the mat-wrapped body of 3-year-old Nasro Ahmed Gure, whose parents say died of illnesses related to malnutrition, as they prepare her for burial in an area where newly-arrived Somali refugees have settled on the outskirts of D???
  • July 11, 2011: Two-year-old, Aden Salaad, looks up toward his mother, unseen, as she bathes him in a tub at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, where Aden is receiving treatment for malnutrition, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (AP Photo/Rebecc???
    July 11, 2011: Two-year-old, Aden Salaad, looks up toward his mother, unseen, as she bathes him in a tub at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, where Aden is receiving treatment for malnutrition, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (AP Photo/Rebecc???
  • July 12, 2011: Osman Ali Aliyow Mursal digs a burial plot amongst other recent graves for his four-year-old son Aden Ibrahim, as men prepare to pray over the boy's body, wrapped in a plastic mat, on the outskirts of Ifo II Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (A???
    July 12, 2011: Osman Ali Aliyow Mursal digs a burial plot amongst other recent graves for his four-year-old son Aden Ibrahim, as men prepare to pray over the boy's body, wrapped in a plastic mat, on the outskirts of Ifo II Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. (A???
  • A picture released on June 28, 2011 by the UNHCR and taken on May 31, 2011 shows UNHCR employees distributing blankets and emergency relief items in the Bulo Jawanley settlement of the Galkayo Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp. The United States on J???
    A picture released on June 28, 2011 by the UNHCR and taken on May 31, 2011 shows UNHCR employees distributing blankets and emergency relief items in the Bulo Jawanley settlement of the Galkayo Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp. The United States on J???

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In pictures: Horn of Africa hit by severe drought

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