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South Sudan declares famine, one million at risk
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A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. (Reuters Photo)
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A sick man is treated by a United Nations Mission in South Sudan peacekeeper during a foot patrol near Bentiu. (REUTERS Photo)
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The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine. (Reuters Photo)
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The UN World Food Programme and non-governmental organisations are sounding the alarm, warning that more than a million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. (Reuters Photo)
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A boy has his arm measured to see if he is suffering from malnutrition during a nutritional assessment at an emergency medical facility supported by UNICEF in Kuach. (AP Photo)
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There have been warnings of famine in Yemen, Somalia and north-eastern Nigeria, but South Sudan is the first to declare one. (Reuters Photo)
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A woman with her child in the paediatric ward of a hospital in the United Nations Mission. (REUTERS Photo)
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A young child sits on the floor in the therapeutic feeding unit of the medicines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) hospital. (AP Photo)
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A boy moves away as a United Nations World Food Programme helicopter lands in Rubkuai village, Unity State, northern South Sudan. (REUTERS Photo)
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Years of civil war, a refugee crisis and a collapsing economy have taken their toll on South Sudan since it gained its independence in 2011. (Reuters Photo)
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A woman comforts her son, who is suffering from malaria, as they wait for treatment at a Medecins Sans Frontieres run clinic. (Reuters Photo)
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The famine is currently affecting parts of the Unity state in South Sudan, but humanitarian groups have warned that the crisis could spread if urgent help is not received. (AP Photo)
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