Toward the end of 2019, East Africa was met with unusually wet weather. This contributed to the massive outbreak of locusts, pests that destroy crops and can be a serious threat to food security in the region. Currently, hundreds of millions of desert locusts swarm in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. The number is one of the biggest numbers seen in over 25 years.
See the photos over at The Atlantic.
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