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On World Food Day, Look At Amazing Photos Of Soil Around The World

Soil is an often-overlooked aspect of nature, especially in today's society where many of us don't get to see how food gets from the farm to our plates.
Alexandra Ma
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Editorial Fellow, The Huffington Post

Friday Oct. 16 is World Food Day, a moment for people around the world to come together and reaffirm their commitment to eradicating global food insecurity.

2015 is also the year of the soil, an initiative launched by the United Nations to raise awareness about the importance of soil in maintaining food production and ecosystem interactions. Soil is an often-overlooked aspect of nature, especially in today's society where many of us don't get to see how food gets from the farm to our plates.

On its "The Power and Beauty of Dirt" Your Shot gallery, National Geographic gathered stunning photos from around the world that capture the many different ways in which we interact with soil in our daily lives, from retrieving clean water from soil in cyclone-ridden Bangladesh, to making tea vessels in India, to tilling the soil for rice production in Madagascar.

Take a look at the jaw-dropping photos below:

In "Victim of Climate Change," a family collects clean water from under the soil in Kayra, Bangladesh, a region frequently tormented by natural disasters like tornadoes, cyclones and floods.
In "Victim of Climate Change," a family collects clean water from under the soil in Kayra, Bangladesh, a region frequently tormented by natural disasters like tornadoes, cyclones and floods.
Credit: Rimon Ahmed/National Geographic Your Shot
In "The Role of Color," artists in the island of Hormuz, Iran, use colored soil to create an image of a bird in flight.
In "The Role of Color," artists in the island of Hormuz, Iran, use colored soil to create an image of a bird in flight.
Amir Hossein Khorgooei/National Geographic Your Shot
In "Soil," men arrange clay cups to form disposable chai tea vessels in India.
In "Soil," men arrange clay cups to form disposable chai tea vessels in India.
Credit: Susomoy Sur/National Geographic Your Shot
In "Dignity," a free range pig digs through soil at an organic form in Eastern Austria.
In "Dignity," a free range pig digs through soil at an organic form in Eastern Austria.
Credit: Sebastian Wahlhuetter/National Geographic Your Shot
In "The Oz Dream," a photographer's feet are covered in the red clay soil of Australia.
In "The Oz Dream," a photographer's feet are covered in the red clay soil of Australia.
Lorenzo Mittiga/National Geographic Your Shot
In "Working The Soil," farmers in Madagascar work the soil before planting rice, a staple cereal among the country's population, in 2013.
In "Working The Soil," farmers in Madagascar work the soil before planting rice, a staple cereal among the country's population, in 2013.
Michele Martinelli/National Geographic Your Shot

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