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Beekeeper Amanuel Hiluf checks his beehives in Hawidela, outside Mekele on October 10, 2024. In his garden in Hawidela, a village about an hour from Mekele, capital of the Tigray region, the beekeeper has about 40 hives from which clouds of bees are soon escaping. For nearly 20 years, his hives have produced white honey, a creamy, highly prized variety for which this northern region of Ethiopia is famous. But that was before the civil war in Tigray between federal and local forces that raged from 2020 to 2022, which forced him to flee with his wife and children. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)