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A Kenyan Turkana girl fetches water for her herd of goats from a well dug on a dried-up water pan in the drought-hit village of Lopii, Turkana East, Kenya. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Locals share food rations distributed by World Vision Kenya as Nalemkais village in Turkana County endures severe drought. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
Elizabeth Lochaki, 54, a Kenyan Turkana woman, feeds her goats some prepared wild Doum palm fruit in drought-hit Kaaruko village, Turkana East. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A Kenyan Turkana man leads his herd of goats to a water point where locals have dug wells on a dried-up water pan in drought-hit Lopii village. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Locals queue to receive food aid during a severe drought in Lomekulu village, Turkana County, Kenya. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
The drought in Kenya, particularly across arid and semiarid counties, remains severe with prolonged below-average rainfall causing food shortages, water scarcity and livestock losses. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A Kenyan Turkana girl washes clothes after fetching water from a well dug on a dried-up water pan. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Nawaar Ekadeli, 60, a Kenyan Turkana woman, crushes a wild Doum palm fruit in drought-stricken Kaaruko village. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A man stands at a watering point with his camels in Turkana County, Kenya. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
Mandera County along Kenya's borders with Ethiopia and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a full-blown water emergency. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Abdi Nurrow Mohamed, 50, carries a weak calf that lost its mother to drought at his homestead in Banissa. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A carrion bird perches on a pile of bones from livestock that have died from the drought in Banissa. In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
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Residents use push poles to manoeuvre their makeshift rafts over a flooded access road to their residential blocks in Kihoto, Naivasha. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
Heavy rains in Kenya have caused the waters of Lake Naivasha, 100km (62 miles) northwest of the capital, Nairobi, to flood nearby homes, displacing families. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A young resident washes his feet in water over a flooded access road to their residential blocks. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
Residents use push poles to manoeuvre their makeshift rafts over a flooded access road to their residential blocks. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
Boat operators ferry a man and his household belongings after he was forced to evacuate his flooded residence in Kihoto, Naivasha. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
Residents wade through stagnant water over a flooded access road to their residential blocks. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A boat operator looks out at inundated homes as he uses a push pole to navigate his skiff over a flooded access road to what was his residential area. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A resident packs some belongings onto his bicycle as he evacuates his flooded residence. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A general view of a homestead whose residents have been forced to evacuate following flooding in Kihoto. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
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