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Villagers walk along a path in San Yuyo, in the outskirts of Japala, central Guatemala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Tuesday Alvaro Colom's government declared a "state of public calamity" to help mobilize funds and resources to confront a dangerously short of food that could affect thousands of families due to adverse weather, poor soil and the troubled global economy.

Photographer Rodrigo Abd explored Guatemala's "calamity" in a photo essay. Here's a fourth image from the series.

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