Yemen

Photo: Yemen on Fire

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The civil war raging in Yemen—often described as a "proxy" battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran—is taking an unfathomable humanitarian toll on the country's population. With 17 million people now considered food-insecure, famine looms. Here, a 3-year-old patient suffering from severe acute malnutrition is pictured in an Al Hudaydah, Yemen, hospital.