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epaselect epa07738621 A Yemeni child shows a desert locust in a plastic bottle as swarms of desert locusts fly over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A man tries to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A boy holds desert locusts caught while swarming the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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TOPSHOT - Children try to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi-rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A boy holds desert locusts caught while swarming the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A man tries to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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epaselect epa07738624 Yemeni children seek to catch desert locusts flying over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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epa07738627 A Yemeni girl attempts to catch desert locusts flying over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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epaselect epa07738621 A Yemeni child shows a desert locust in a plastic bottle as swarms of desert locusts fly over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A man tries to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A boy holds desert locusts caught while swarming the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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TOPSHOT - Children try to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Locusts swarm the sky over the Huthi-rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A boy holds desert locusts caught while swarming the sky over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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A man tries to catch locusts while standing on a rooftop as they swarm over the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 28, 2019. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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epaselect epa07738624 Yemeni children seek to catch desert locusts flying over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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epa07738627 A Yemeni girl attempts to catch desert locusts flying over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
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epaselect epa07738621 A Yemeni child shows a desert locust in a plastic bottle as swarms of desert locusts fly over a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 July 2019. Swarms of desert locusts are spreading throughout several Yemen cities, including Sana'a. Traditionally, many Yemenis roast locusts and eat them. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
Yemen's fresh locust swarm brings bumper crop of local delicacy
While some welcomed the second swarm this year, farmers are less pleased, as their crops have been devastated
Ali Mahmood
29 July, 2019
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