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Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 9 (EFE / EPA).- Some 3.2 million children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition in Afghanistan at the end of the year. This has been announced by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which relates the increase in these data with the takeover of the country by the Taliban.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN CHILDREN IN KABUL.
Quito, May 21 (EFE).- The UNICEF Representative in Ecuador, Joaquin Gonzalez-Aleman, warned on Thursday that food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a "time bomb" as the virus is pushing 350,000 people in the country into poverty."It is a time bomb because food security is the most basic thing," said Gonzalez-Aleman in an interview with Efe in which he warned that Ecuadorian families are experiencing prices rise due to an increase in inflation. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ).SHOT LIST: KIDS ON THE STREETS OF QUITO, ECUADOR.
Rescue teams and volunteers continued to comb through the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City in search of trapped survivors, in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, on Wednesday. Reports have provided conflicting information, with sources stating that up to 26 bodies have been found, 21 of which were children, and that 11 people have been rescued. The disaster has so far claimed the lives of at least 237 people, with the death toll expected to rise, while some 52 people had been pulled alive from collapsed buildings.
Devastation and ruin lay over the Mexican capital after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico, toppling dozens of buildings and leaving millions without power on Tuesday. Hundreds of regular citizens joined emergency services and members of the military in searching for survivors still trapped under the debris of collapsed buildings.
A small Afghan town is mourning the loss of 13 schoolchildren who were among the nearly 300 people killed in a massive earthquake that also hit northern Pakistan. Mana Rabiee reports.
A helicopter is loaded with supplies for those affected by the Taiwan earthquake. The magnitude-7.4 quake struck on Wednesday killing ten people and injuring more than 1,000. IMAGES
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