Large piles of freshly finished compost wait to be loaded onto trucks before being sent to local farms and vineyards at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A view shows trees and fields in Ammiq at Lebanon's Bekaa valley, Lebanon June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah 

A car drives along a road in Ammiq at Lebanon's Bekaa valley, Lebanon June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah 

Sea urchin fishers Salvatore Boi, 37, and his father Rinaldo Boi, 62, go out at sea on their last fishing day before local authorities slam a 3-year fishing ban on sea urchins, a local delicacy and must-have item on restaurant menus and a source of living for many, in Cagliari, Italy, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Denti 

Migrants line up to collect food given to them by an NGO in Las Palmas, where a group of more than 60 North African immigrants live in tents in the mountains of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria without access to running water after being expelled from a Red Cross reception centre, Spain March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez 

Several migrants line up to collect food given to them by an NGO in Las Palmas, where a group of more than 60 North African immigrants live in tents in the mountains of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria without access to running water after being expelled from a Red Cross reception centre, Spain March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez 

Priest Shang Shishen, 27, carries a basket with food as he climbs up the stairs leading to Taoist temple Jiuyang Palace, in Laiwu of Jinan city, Shandong province, China, September 6, 2020. Shishen is a priest studying his second year at a Taoist college at Wudang Mountain in Hubei province. He is an apprentice of Priest Liang Xingyang. Shishen came to the Jiuyang palace during his summer vacation and to help out in the monastery. "Different person turns to Taoism due to different reasons. Some are hoping to cut off the tie with the real world to experience themselves, some for their interests in Taoism," Shishen said. "I was drawn to it, in hoping to seek answers about life and death. My family member's passing away has stricken me hard. Since then, I wanted to know more about the life and death, and religion is my way leading to that." REUTERS/Tingshu Wang SEARCH "TAOISM TINGSHU" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A Saudi man grills meat on a mountain in the middle of Abha, as the summer season kicks off with health precautions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in an effort to boost internal tourism after the pandemic in Saudi Arabia July 16, 2020. Picture taken July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

A dairy cow is seen at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

A dairy cow is seen at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

A dairy cow is being milked at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

Dairy cows are seen at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

Bottles of milk are been processed at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

Dairy cows are seen at the South Mountain Creamery farm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread nationwide and public anxiety lingering in grocery stores has created a new surge of interest in home food deliveries, in Middletown, Maryland U.S., May 19, 2020. Picture taken on May 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Carlos Barria 

Herman Mihalich, owner of Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, makers of Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, looks at the distillation column where his rye whisky is made in his distillery in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 1, 2019. Picture taken on August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonas Ekblom 

Barrels of rye whisky are seen at Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, makers of Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 1, 2019. Picture taken August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonas Ekblom 

Herman Mihalich, owner of Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, makers of Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, samples some of the company's bottle-ready whisky in their distillery in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 1, 2019. Picture taken on August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonas Ekblom 

Herman Mihalich, owner of Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, makers of Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, checks up on the most recent batch of rye whisky in his distillery in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 1, 2019. Picture taken on August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonas Ekblom 

Owner of Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, makers of Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, Herman Mihalich, walks between barrels of his rye whisky in his distillery in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 1, 2019. Picture taken on August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonas Ekblom 

Si Da, 44, An ethnic Aini tea farmer smoks, next to a dead tea tree at a tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Ethnic Aini people burns garbage at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Si En, 47, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, picks tea leaves at her tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

An Nu, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, dries tea leaves at his house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A mountain village is seen in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Zi Sai, 25, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, prepares tea at his house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Qiu Liu (R) , 48, and Si Da, 44, ethnic Aini tea farmers, picks tea leaves at his tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Sang Er, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, prepares hot water for tea at his house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Tea leaves are left to dry at a tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Qiu Liu, 48, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, clears weeds at his tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Qiu Liu, 48, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, clears weeds at his tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Si En, 47, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, cleans dead tea branches at her tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A water scoop is seen at a tea plantation at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Sang Er, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, is pictured at his house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Nannuoshan is pictured in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

An Nu, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, dries tea leaves at his house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Ethnic Aini people slaughter a pig at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A moth is seen on a glass window at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Si En, 47, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, mades tomato dinner at her house at a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Qiu Liu, 48, an ethnic Aini tea farmer, clears weeds at his tea plantationat a mountain village in Nannuoshan in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 12, 2019. Picture taken July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

As Yemen's war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf's father sees little hope he will be able to give his starving daughter the food or healthcare she needs. Across Yemen's remote mountain villages, the country's war-induced economic crisis has left parents destitute, hungry and watching their children waste away from malnutrition and unclean water. "Before the war we managed to get food because prices were acceptable and there was work," 40-year-old Abdu said from al-Jaraib, a small agricultural village in the hills of Hajjah province in northwest Yemen. "Now they have increased significantly and we rely on yoghurt and bread for nutrition." Four years of conflict have pushed Yemen, which was already one of the poorest Arab states, to the brink of famine. War has cut transport routes for aid, fuel and food, reduced imports and caused severe inflation. Households have lost their incomes because public sector wages are not being paid and conflict has forced people from their homes and jobs. The United Nations says about 80 percent of the population needs some form of humanitarian assistance and two-thirds of all districts in the country are in a "pre-famine" state. Afaf, who now weighs around 11 kg and is described by her doctor as "skin and bones", has been left acutely malnourished by a limited diet during her growing years and suffering from hepatitis, likely caused by infected water. She left school two years ago because she got too weak. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SEARCH "YEMEN HUNGER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: YEMEN-SECURITY/HUNGER 

The Kanmon Strait is seen from Hinoyama Park in Shimonoseki, southern Japan November 13, 2018. Picture taken November 13, 2018. To match Insight CLIMATE-CHANGE/JAPAN-FUGU REUTERS/Mari Saito 

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Saleh al-Faqeh held the wasted arm of his baby girl as she took her last breath on Thursday at the malnutrition ward of the main hospital in Yemen's capital Sanaa. Four-month-old Hajar al-Faqeh reached the al-Sabeen hospital last week from Saada province, one of thousands of Yemeni children suffering from malnutrition in a country that has been pushed to the brink of famine by more than three years of war. "She has spent two months in a hospital in Saada, but we had to bring her to Sanaa," her father said. Saada province is a stronghold of Iran-aligned Houthi rebels who have been fighting a Saudi-backed government for nearly four years in a war that has killed 10,000. Meritxell Relano, the UNICEF Representative in Yemen, said in September that more than 11 million children, or about 80 percent of the country's population under the age of 18, were facing the threat of food shortages, disease, displacement and acute lack of access to basic social services. The Faqeh family braved a dangerous journey along mountain roads where air strikes from the Saudi-led coalition are frequent. Fouad al-Reme, a nurse in al-Sabeen hospital, said Hajar was conscious when she came to the hospital but she suffered low oxygen levels. "She was like skin on bones, her body was emaciated," he said. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi SEARCH "MALNUTRITION HASSAN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A stream outside Bjordal in Norway, July 31, 2018. Picture taken July 31, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/FUTURE REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

A path is seen at Cejar lagoon on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert, Chile, August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A tourist uses a mobile phone in front of Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) near San Pedro de Atacama in the Atacama desert, Chile, August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado SEARCH "MINE LITHIUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Food, including banana cake made by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is displayed as Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan visit the Woodley family at Mountain View Farm in Dubbo, Australia October 17, 2018. Paul Edwards/Pool via REUTERS 

An Iraqi christian man drinks red wine during the sunset at Zawa mountain near Duhok, September 17, 2018. Picutre taken September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

An Iraqi Christian man drinks red wine at sunset at Zawa mountain near Duhok, September 17, 2018. Picutre taken September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

General view of Kani Plave village near Dhiha village in Duhok, Iraq September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

An Iraqi Christian man pours red wine into a glass at sunset at Zawa mountain near Duhok, September 17, 2018. Picutre taken September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

A Palestinian girl herds animals in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that Israel plans to demolish, in the occupied West Bank September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman 

A general view shows the main part of the Palestinian Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar village that Israel plans to demolish, in the occupied West Bank September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman 

A view of the Badlands is seen from the road on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Scenic, South Dakota , U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A view of the Badlands is seen from the road on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Scenic, South Dakota , U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A view of the Badlands is seen from the road on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Scenic, South Dakota, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

There was no time to eat. Sunday family lunches were interrupted, the food left on the table. Children abandoned toys, and clothes still hung on lines in backyards. Animals died petrified. Guatemalan authorities reacted slowly to signs of the Fuego volcano's impending eruption on June 3, contributing to one of the most tragic natural disasters in recent Guatemalan history. The volcano rumbled to life early that Sunday. By midday, it was spewing ash in smoking columns miles high that then fell, dusting a wide swath of the Central American country. But with the mountain's rumbles and the first ash showers, many villagers made a fatal bet to stay put, gambling that luck that had protected them for decades would hold once again. In the afternoon things took a turn for the worse. Tons of ash propelled by scalding, toxic gases poured down Fuego's flanks. By the time most families in the worst-hit hamlets of El Rodeo and San Miguel de Los Lotes knew what was happening, they only had time to run, if that. At least 110 people have died and close to 200 are thought buried under the rubble in the hamlet on the fertile lower slopes of the volcano. Fuego - Spanish for "fire" - rises between the regions of Sacatepequez, Escuintla and Chimaltenango about 30 miles (50 km) from Guatemala City, the nation's capital. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso SEARCH "VOLCANO DETAILS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: GUATEMALA-VOLCANO/HOUSES 

Poppies are pictured in a field near Nyon, Switzerland May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Poppies are pictured in a field near Nyon, Switzerland May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

A poppy flower is pictured in a field near Nyon, Switzerland May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse