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Evelyn Hockstein / MCT

Women sell vegetables as trucks are unloaded in the central market in Bujumbura, Burundi on June 19, 2008. The increase in fuel prices has led to a sharp increase in food prices globally and has made vegetables and staple foods very expensive in a country such as Burundi where nine out of 10 people live on less than $1 per day.

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