Highlights - June 2007 Darfur Photo Gallery

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June 2007, Vol. 44, No. 5

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Darfur Photo Gallery

Following are photos taken by Jane Strachan, disaster operations specialist for the Darfur region for the U.S. Agency for International Development (Washington, D.C.). Click each photo for a larger image. Read more here.

Brickmaking is a livelihood for some Darfurians, but it requires water — a scarce commodity in the region.	Darfur receives minimal rainfall each year, giving way to a dry, sparse landscape.	A Darfurian girl waits to fill up her jerry can with well water.
Darfurians who have been displaced from their homes wait in line to fill up their jerry cans with well water.	A lifeless tree is indicative of the lack of groundwater and rainfall in the Darfur region.