A Pakistani girl cries as she waits to get a food ration during a food distribution outside the Data Durbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday , July 9, 2008. World rice and other grains prices have risen sharply this year because of growing demand, poor weather and rising cost of petroleum in some grain-producing countries. Some Asian countries, including India and Vietnam, recently suspended rice exports to guarantee their own supplies. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A Haunting Picture
No joke here. Just a really impactful picture I saw in the news wires today. This face will haunt me the next time I casually eat rice.

A Pakistani girl cries as she waits to get a food ration during a food distribution outside the Data Durbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday , July 9, 2008. World rice and other grains prices have risen sharply this year because of growing demand, poor weather and rising cost of petroleum in some grain-producing countries. Some Asian countries, including India and Vietnam, recently suspended rice exports to guarantee their own supplies. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A Pakistani girl cries as she waits to get a food ration during a food distribution outside the Data Durbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday , July 9, 2008. World rice and other grains prices have risen sharply this year because of growing demand, poor weather and rising cost of petroleum in some grain-producing countries. Some Asian countries, including India and Vietnam, recently suspended rice exports to guarantee their own supplies. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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