A woman mourns her donkey after discovering it had died due to ill health in Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman mourns her donkey after discovering it had died due to ill health in Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco February 14, 2014. Donkeys are used as the main form of transport for goods and food as the roads are too rocky for other vehicles. The snowy foothills of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco are home to several Berber villages where the inhabitants make their living by farming, baking bread in traditional ovens, herding cattle, and the making and selling of honey, olive oil and pottery. Extreme weather fluctuations and erosion that causes flooding and landslides have led to a drop in agricultural productivity, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (MOROCCO – Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A woman and her children warm themselves around a fire in their home in Tilmi village in the High Atlas region of Morocco
Villager Ali and his mother pose for a photograph in his front room at Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco