
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - MARCH 7, 2017. An internally displaced Somali woman sheds a tear at a World Food Program aid center at the 'KM-13' camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Many of these people have walked for days from rural villages looking for food in the nation's capital.

Aerial view of Dinsoor region, central Somalia. The armed 'Al-Shabab' militant group control the majority of the land in this drought-ridden area making effective aid delivery next to impossible

Somali women wait before registering for humanitarian aid at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu. Personal details and fingerprints are recorded before applicants receive a World Food Program 'SCOPE' credit card which allows the beneficiary an allowance to spend cash at local food vendors.

A malnourished child covered in flies sleeps in a hot tent in a internally displaced persons camp in central Mogadishu.

A WFP volunteer hands out biscuits as women wait to register for humanitarian aid.

An elderly woman begs for food at an IDP camp on the outskirts of Dinsoor, Somalia.

Recently arrived internally displaced women and children wait in a 'wet-food' line at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands of people have poured into the Somali capital in search for food and water at the severe drought takes hold in remote rural regions.

A mother who recently arrived in Mogadishu having walked over 270km to find food and medical assistance for her children.

Displaced women wait at a WHO-supported health center in Wajid.

At the World Food Program distribution warehouse in Wajid, Central Somalia. Women are given an allowance of maize and rice along with cooking oil to provide for families.

Armed Somali Army soldiers at a checkpoint near the airport in Dinsoor.

Waiting for aid in Wajid, central Somalia. This region has been decimated by drought and conflict.

In the western desert town of Dinsoor, newly arrived drought victims rush toward food supplies delivered by the UN's World Food Program.

A water pump station in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in central Mogadishu.

A starving child held in the arms of his mother at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands of people have poured into the Somali capital in search for food and water at the severe drought takes hold in remote rural regions.

Recently arrived internally displaced women and children at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu, Somalia line up for rations dispersed twice daily. Thousands of people have poured into the Somali capital in search for food and water at the severe drought takes hold in remote rural regions.

A child waits for food at a World Food Program distribution center in Mogadishu.

Somali IDP women and militiamen mill about a World Food Program supplemental nutrition center in Dinsoor, Central Somalia.

Recently arrived internally displaced women and children at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands of people have poured into the Somali capital in search for food and water at the severe drought takes hold in remote rural regions.

At Mile 13 on the outskirts of Mogadishu.