Bargeri, a herdsman from the Rendille ethnic group, stands next to the carcass of his donkey who died due to an ongoing drought, near the town of Kargi, Marsabit. [Reuters]
In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day's march from water. The value of their skinny goats is falling as fast as the prices scrawled on the sacks in the market are shooting up.