Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
The arm of Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his motherl in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Ali Omar, a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia cries on bed at Bandar hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Daud Karama 5-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Amin Mohamed 4-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Ali Omar a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Bandar hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Hibo Mohamud, a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia is comforted on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Husein Momin, a 3-years-old malnourished child from southern Somalia sit on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Abdi'asis Haji, 2, a malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on a bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Muse Nesir, a 12-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia.
Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to a new camp for internally displaced refugees in Mogadishu Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Aden, a three-year-old Somali refugee with his father Abdille, recovers at the stabilization center at Hagadere refugee area August 02, 2011, after arriving a week earlier on the verge of death from severe malnutrition. Aden lost his mother to starvation during the journey from southern Somalia and is now recovering remarkably at the center, run by the International Rescue Committee [IRC], supported by UNICEF, after his father, grandmother and two siblings managed to get at the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya's north-easterly province.
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A child from southern Somalia gestures as wears a pot on his head next to a food distribution center in a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 28, 2011.