Photographer Holly Pickett has travelled to Afghanistan with NPR’s Soraya Nelson and Los Angeles Times’ Laura King to report on the goings on in the Westerly regions of pain and suffering caused by others.

“We started in northwest Afghanistan at Herat Regional Hospital’s burn unit, where we found five survivors: one woman and four young girls.”

“Mohammad Ayub’s son Dawajan (above), 1, plays peek-a-boo in his father’s clothing while they wait for the reparations ceremony to begin. Ayub’s wife and 2-year-old son were missing and presumed dead.

While we interviewed and photographed the farmer, a pall of hopelessness fell on his features. He asked if one of us would take Dawajan, as the baby was still nursing when his mother died, and Ayub didn’t know how he would be able to care for him. His livestock had been destroyed along with his house. He had no money for milk.

Dawajan’s daily diet had become the only thing his father had left: a bit of sugar mixed with water.”