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A Pakistani mother comfort her crying daughter as they ride a Pakistan Navy helicopter after being rescued at Dadu district, Sindh province, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.
Monday, Sep. 20, 2010

Open quoteYou're seeing children who were probably very close to the brink of being malnourished, and the emergency has just pushed them over the edge.Close quote

  • ERIN BOYD,
  • a UNICEF emergency nutritionist in southern Pakistan, saying the 100,000 children left homeless by the country's floods are in danger of dying of hunger
Photo: Aaron Favila / AP | Source: AP