Pictures of the Year International

Selina holds her one-week-old daughter Akaru as her father Emanikor rests near the hut where they live in Chok Chok village, located in Turkana County, northwest Kenya on October 14, 2024. Due to the severe drought that is affecting the country, Selina and her family are forced to drink water that they fetches from the nearest river - located about 15 kilometers from their village - which is not clean and often causes infections or diseases, including dysentery, a leading cause of death among children under 5.