This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday. AP/U.S. Africa Command hide caption
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An ambulance is seen on the beach following an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, right, sits on a military transport plane as it prepares to depart from Mogadishu, Somalia. Cara Anna/AP hide caption
Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield says Somalia needs urgent care to avoid another famine
A mother and her son play in the sea at Liido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. Despite decades of conflict and ongoing security threats, some Somalis are carving out a middle-class lifestyle in the Somali capital. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption
Friday at the beach in Mogadishu: Optimism shines through despite Somalia's woes
Mariam Kasim sits with her grandson, who she says is suffering from measles and malnutrition, at a camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Tuesday. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption
Fahir Mayow holds her nephew, eight-month-old Ahmed Noor, at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu on Monday. Ahmed arrived at the hospital one week ago, weighing 3.5 kilograms, just under 8 pounds. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption
This map illustrates the severity of projected food insecurities across Somalia Phil Holm/AP hide caption
Soldiers patrol outside the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on Thursday. A severe drought and spiking food prices are causing a humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
A U.S. Army soldier, seen at an unidentified location in Somalia earlier this year. The Trump administration announced Friday that most U.S. troops stationed in the country will be pulled out in early 2021. Staff Sgt. Shawn White/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP hide caption
Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday, is the region's strongest cyclone ever recorded. NOAA Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast System hide caption
Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year's $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia. Kris Connor/Getty Images hide caption
Surrounded by some members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, President Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19 in March in the Rose Garden. Of the 27 task force members, two are women, standing to Trump's left: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema Verma (holding the sheaf of papers). Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Desert locusts jump up from the ground and fly away as a cameraman walks past earlier this month in Kenya's Nasuulu conservancy. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Locusts swarm over Yemen's capital. Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like
Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994. Mia Warren/StoryCorps hide caption
'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.
He Was Imprisoned And Losing His Mind. 'Anna Karenina' Saved Him
A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
Mogadishu's free ambulance service was founded in 2006 by Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan after he saw people bringing relatives to the hospital by wheelbarrow. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan hide caption
Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure. Ivan Lieman/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Maysa prays before her turn on stage during the final contest for Young Miss Sao Paulo 2015. Luisa Dorr | VII Mentor Program hide caption