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Can anybody explain exactly what is happening in this picture from Mongolia? http://citynoise.org/upload/42145.jpg

The 4th comment reads: "That picture appeared in the May '22 NatGeo with the caption 'A Mongolian Woman Condemned to Die of Starvation'"

Wow, now that's cruel. I notice there's bowls around the ground -- did they place food where she couldn't reach it just for extra cruelty's sake?