Impending Famine In Afar By Climate Change Editorial Photo

Ethiopia, Afar region: The Afar, an ethnic group of semi-nomadic cattle farmers in the vicinity of the 'village' Indoburi is threated of an impending famine, drought and massive death of their livestock. Group portrait of a woman, mother, with her child in her arms in the searing heat and dust of the Danakil Desert. The child wears shells on neck and ankles for protection against the evil eye. The woman wears a headscarf and colorful beaded necklaces and bracelet. In the background the typical huts of nomads, which can be broken up and moved quickly. Due to global warming and El Nino, the Afar region plagued by persistent droughts.