Nigerian child

A child living in a shanty town in the Niger Delta. The World Bank estimates that Nigerians’ average income is about $1 a day and it says a fifth of children die before their fifth birthdays. Nigeria produces about 2.5 million barrels of oil a day and Nigerian oil accounts for 10% of US crude imports.
Date: January 2007
Location: Niger Delta, Nigeria
Copyright: Spanner Films
Credit: Spanner Films
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