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Rahovatae and her family are among over a million Madagascans in need of food in a vast area spread over 110,000 square kilometres (42,000 square miles) -- around the size of Virginia or New Zealand's North Island
"Look at my child -- please help us!" cries the woman.
She hurriedly undresses the five-year-old girl, uncovering gaunt arms and ribs that are painfully visible under the skin.
The child allows herself to be pulled around before starting to shake.
The mother and her daughter live in the famine-stricken region of Anosy in Madagascar's far south.
Penniless, they have another 10 kilometres (six miles) to walk from the village of Fenoaivo to the nearest health centre.
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