Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan.
According to country’s food and agriculture authorities, a second wave of desert locust swarms is waiting to attack farmlands across the country this summer.
Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan
The swarms are posing potentially serious food security crisis in parts of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab, covering almost 38pc of the country’s total area.
Locusts are seen at a fruit farm on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan.
Via EPA-EFE/JAMAL TARAQAI
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