For context the photo is actually from May 1, 2012: "two-year-old Aliou Seyni Diallo eats dry couscous given to him by a neighbor, after he collapsed in tears o

For context the photo is actually from May 1, 2012: "two-year-old Aliou Seyni Diallo eats dry couscous given to him by a neighbor, after he collapsed in tears of hunger in the village of Goudoude Diobe, in the Matam region of northeastern Senegal" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Sahel_drought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Sahel_drought they are thought to be becoming more frequent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel_drought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel_drought