In the three years that Saudi Arabia, supported by the United States, has been at war with the Houthis in Yemen, very few journalists have been allowed into the country to document what’s happening there. The New York Times journalist Tyler Hicks is one. This is the story of how he came to take a photograph of Amal Hussain that drew international attention to the country’s plight.

— The New York Times

I recommend everyone to listen to this story of a Yemeni girl on podcast.  I listen to The Daily a lot — I think this recent episode is very important information that everyone should know — as important as the photo captured by Kevin Carter.