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General News, 3rd prize

January 01, 1967

Famine in Bihar, India, caused by a great drought and extensive floods in the north of the state. The situation is worsened by a small pox epidemic. The authorities try to cope with the situation by importing grains from other parts in the country and from the United States and by the distribution of wheat through fair-price shops. In addition, many international aid organizations have set up relief-distribution systems.

January 01, 1967

Food aid is distributed to victims of the famine and small pox epidemic in Bihar, India. The famine was caused by a great drought and extensive floods in the north of the state.

January 01, 1967

In the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, more than hundred thousand rats are being worshipped. They have more food than their worshippers, suffering from the famine that scourges India.

January 01, 1967

Victims of the famine in Bihar, India, are thrown in the Ganges river.

January 01, 1967

A mother and her child, afflicted with smallpox in Bihar, India, during the famine of 1966-67.

January 01, 1967

A desperate father and his starving son in the village of Kachha-Kuyan, Bihar, India, victims of the famine that scourges Bihar. 

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Thomas Hoepker

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1967 Photo Contest, General News, 3rd prize
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Thomas Hoepker

Stern

01 January, 1967

Famine in Bihar, India, caused by a great drought and extensive floods in the north of the state. The situation is worsened by a small pox epidemic. The authorities try to cope with the situation by importing grains from other parts in the country and from the United States and by the distribution of wheat through fair-price shops. In addition, many international aid organizations have set up relief-distribution systems.

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