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Red Cross handout of personal belongings littering a street as flood waters recede in Cabaret
17 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Personal belongings, covered with mud, litter a street as flood waters recede in Cabaret September 16, 2008. Haiti faces a deepening crisis after storms destroyed much of the impoverished country's rice crop, sparking fears of a repeat of the deadly food riots earlier this year that brought down the government. Picture taken September 16, 2008. REUTERS/Matthew Marek/American Red Cross/Handout (HAITI). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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A woman washes clothes by the Yamuna river after evacuating her home on the riverbed in New Delhi September 24, 2008. Monsoon rains, burst dams and overflowing embankments have unleashed bouts ...




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