Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows Pakistani children trying to avoid locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Str/Xinhua)
Earlier this month the Pakistani government declared a national emergency to protect crops and help farmers as a desert locust outbreak has been impacting different parts of Pakistan.
Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows Pakistani children trying to avoid locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Str/Xinhua)
Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows Pakistani farmers trying to avoid locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Str/Xinhua)
Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows a farmer riding a cart as locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Str/Xinhua)
Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows Pakistani farmers walk in a field as locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows a farmer displaying a locust in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. (Str/Xinhua)
