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Goats and Soda

Goats and Soda

STORIES OF LIFE IN A CHANGING WORLD

Disasters

Safoora holds her seventh child, Samira, as she waits to be seen by midwives who've set up a pop-up clinic in the tent encampment she's been living in since floods washed away her home. The clinic is run by Neha Mankani, a midwife who leads the Mama Baby Fund. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption

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The fearless midwives of Pakistan: In the face of floods, they do not give up

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Workers repair the roof of a small shop while a woman hangs clothing to dry among debris in Beira, Mozambique. The city was badly damaged after Cyclone Idai hit on March 14. Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images hide caption

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He Thought His City Was Prepared For Big Storms. Then Cyclone Idai Hit

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UNOCHA's new set of icons aims to streamline communication in response to humanitarian crises. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs hide caption

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Samuel Senessie, 25, at the site of last year's mudslide. He lost five members of his family and his home. He says he has not received the government support to which he should be entitled. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption

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Brazilian 76-year-old farmer Jose Pascual walks through a devastated area in Paracatu de Baixo village on October 2016, one year after a mine waste flood destroyed the town. The village was ruined in 2015 by a flood following the collapse of Brazilian mining company Samarco's waste reservoir, killing 19 people. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Pakistani man and boy walk through floodwaters on Aug. 22, 2010, in the village of Baseera in Punjab. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption

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The Hidden Cost Of A Disaster? Your Ambition

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Earlier this year, thousands of South Sudanese civilians fled an attack by armed gunmen on a displaced persons compound run by the U.N. in the northeastern town of Malakal. Justin Lynch/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Amid Growing Unrest, South Sudan Kicks Out Aid Workers

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