A mother, displaced by fighting in South Sudan, prepares a meager dinner of cooked water lilies for her daughters. She is one of at least 1.5 million people internally displaced in the world's youngest country. In July 2014, the UN declared South Sudan’s food crisis the worst in the world. The IRC is providing food, water, medical care and other aid. Since the start of this year, the number of people in urgent need of food has almost doubled to 4.6 million people - 40 percent of the country’s population. [Peter Biro/IRC]