For the photographer to be allowed to be a part of this family’s plight is saying a lot. Very strong photos.It’s a heart-wrenching story that many of us hear about but rarely see the effects of.

There are millions of people starving and this is part of the face of what is going on in Africa. We should be aware of the battles that countries are going through with waves of crop loss and scarce food. I don’t see it as opportunistic, it is a window into another part of the world, and one that is very very real.

Big pictures:

Amina Nanessa Mohamed cries outside the intensive care unit of M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es / Doctors Without Borders after her four-year-old daughter Michu died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. Some 4.5 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid due to failed rains and high food prices, reviving grim memories of the country’s 1984-1985 famine. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Chaltu Mohamed cries outside the intensive care unit of M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es / Doctors Without Borders after her four-year-old sister Michu died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

A relative carries the body of four-year-old Michu Mohamed who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Amina Nanessa Mohamed cries as she arrives at her home carrying the body of her four-year-old daughter Michu who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia June 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Kufu Mohamed stands outside his tukul as his mother Amima arrives home with the body of his four-year-old sister Michu who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. Kufu, which also suffers of malnutrition, was later taken to a M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es / Doctors Without Borders intensive care unit. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Amina Nanessa Mohamed (R) cries as she arrives at her home with the body of her four-year-old daughter Michu who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Relatives, following Muslim tradition, wash the body of Michu Mohamed, a four year old girl who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

Men bury four-year-old Michu Mohamed who died of malnutrition near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. Kufu, her brother which also suffers from malnutrition, was later taken to a M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es / Doctors Without Borders intensive care unit. (REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

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