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Lys Arango / Wellcome Photography Prize 2021
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Lys Arango

​​​​​​​María Estefanía, 17, weighs 40 kg and is breastfeeding her 11-month-old son, who weighs just 6 kg. His cheeks and stomach are distended, and his hair is falling out – classic symptoms of malnutrition. “I’m desperate,” says María. “I am not able to produce enough breast milk and we cannot afford formula.”  

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Increasingly erratic climate patterns have produced year after year of failed harvests in Guatemala, forcing thousands of people to migrate, trying to escape poverty and malnutrition.  

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Until the Corn Grows Back
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A young, malnourished mother is breastfeeding her underweight son.
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