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In pictures: Jeffrey Barbee in Zimbabwe (11 pictures)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gallery/2007/apr/10/1?picture=329773221
'People are dying so fast, we had to hire more grave diggers. Before we had maybe two graves a day to dig, now it is about eight to ten,' explains the graveyard foreman.
At West Park cemetery every inch of land is used to accommodate the rising numbers of bodies.
A crowd of people waiting to buy sugar, currently in short supply even for those with the money to pay for it.
Plenty of goods but no buyers: ruinous inflation means people can barely afford even basic provisions.
Two women sell ground nuts on a street in Bulawayo. The police regularly clear the street of traders; usually they return within the hour.
A black market currency trader counts out notes in the back of a car. The official exchange rate is 250 Zimbabwean dollars to the US dollar. The unofficial rate is Zim$25,000 to US$1.
A quiet street in Bulawayo. Traffic is scarce now as people have no money for petrol or even bus fares.
At the municipal rubbish dump outside Bulawayo, hundreds of people survive by scavenging the rubbish of Zimbabwe's second largest city.
A family sits in front of their hut surrounded by their failed maize crop. Poor harvests have left many people reliant on sporadic food aid.
Huts in a settlement near Bulawayo. Police have torn down the buildings three times, removing the roofs in an attempt to force people to move on.
James Ndani (not his real name) lives in the settlement with his mother, who suffers from epilepsy and has been driven from her home. Their drinking water comes from the mine shaft pictured here. The sign reads: "Danger - Cyanide Mining"
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