Tariq Zaidi is a photographer from the United Kingdom. Desperate and Displaced: The Human Toll of Somalia’s Worst Drought in Decades, by British photographer Tariq Zaidi, won 1st Place in Environmental editorial photography at the 2026 International Photography Awards. The images were made in 2022.
That November, Somalia was sliding deeper into a humanitarian emergency as relentless drought and hunger forced more than a million people from their homes. UNICEF reported that a child was being hospitalised with acute malnutrition every minute, and aid groups warned that more than 500,000 children could suffer severe malnutrition. Conflict, disease and rising food prices deepened the crisis; nearly half the population, about 7.8 million people, was affected.
Read in Luminaries: The Human Toll of a Drought