Refugees Seek Food Aid in South Sudan

LEER, SOUTH SUDAN - MARCH 17: Tens of thousands of South Sudanese people line up to register for a food distribution administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross during a lull in the fighting in Unity States Leer and Thonyor towns, in South Sudan, March 17, 2016. Famine has been declared in South Sudan's Unity State. The threat of famine has been looming in South Sudan for several years, as hundreds of thousands have fled from their homes because of the world's youngest country's ongoing civil war; civilians have been unable to plant and harvest crops, and many do not have access to food and clean water. When fighting raged throughout Leer in 2014 and 2015, most of the population fled, leaving civilians unable to harvest crops,and many struggling to find food. The city of Leer, once a bustling city and headquarters of opposition leader Riek Machar, is now a ghost town reduced to rubble and the carcasses of buildings. (Photo by Lynsey Addario/Getty Images Reportage)