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COVER STORIES, Page 30SOMALIALandscape of Death
The harrowing faces of starvation, the inert shapes of death.
These are the images that have finally brought the world to
Somalia's rescue. Why did it take so long, when some reporters
have been telling the story for months? Such is the power of
pictures: people are starving and dying in Liberia, Sudan,
southern Iraq, Burma, Peru, yet no massive aid is offered.
Humanitarian concern has no logical stopping point, but the
world's attention is hard to capture. It is easy to argue that
policymakers should not wait for gruesome television footage
before they respond. But if images like these are what it takes
to bring mercy to even one people in peril, so be it.