Hungry Planet photographer Peter Menzel with author and food stylist Faith D’Aluisio in Yazd, Iran

Chad

• War in Sudan • Janjawiid killed thousands• Humanitarian crisis, with refugees fleeing into Chad

Germany

• High standard of living• Two separate countries until 1990• Economic disparities persist between the East

and the West

India

• Over one billion people• Highly diverse• 40% extremely poor, with a growing middle class

Japan

• Island country• Relatively homogeneous

Mexico

• Population of over 100 million• Vibrant traditional culture• “Americanization,” including “big box” stores in the

cities