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A woman checks rice at a grocery store in Colombo, Sri Lanka. With rice in short supply and at record prices, poor families are cutting back on meals and forgoing the purchase of essentials such as schooling and medical care.
Amantha Perera/IRIN

  • A woman checks rice at a grocery store in Colombo, Sri Lanka. With rice in short supply and at record prices, poor families are cutting back on meals and forgoing the purchase of essentials such as schooling and medical care.

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  • Credits Amantha Perera/IRIN
  • Themes Food
  • Regions Sri Lanka

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