Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio have taken these magnificent pictures, which show how much people eat in the different regions of our world. The two photographers traveled far in order to create this illuminating photo series.

Moreover, Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio are actually married and they published their work in the book “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats”, which is surely recommendable to realize how vast the differences can be from region to region.

According to the UN there are “842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat” and “the vast majority of hungry people (827 million) live in developing countries, where 14.3 percent of the population is undernourished”. [1] As outlined in our post “Beautiful Protest Against War – Israeli Tear Gas Grenades Misused By Palestinian Woman To Plant Flowers” only 30 billion dollars are needed each year to stop world hunger.

Taken these statistics into account, one may think of all the food that is wasted in some countries. Somehow it is a really bitter irony that one side of the world wastes food and other starves…

How many calories do you eat per day? What do you think about the people in the pictures? Will we ever stop world hunger? Leave a comment below!

Ruma Akhter, Seamstress, Bangladesh – 1,800 Calories

Tiffany Whitehead, Amusement Park Ride Supervisor, Minnesota – 1,900 Calories

Felipe Adams, Iraq War Veteran, California – 2,100 Calories

Rick Bumgardener, Weight-Loss Dieter, Tennessee – 1,600 Calories

Nguyen Theo, Rice Farmer, Vietnam – 2,500 Calories

Leland Melvin, NASA Astronaut, Outer Space – 2,700 Calories

Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, Qat Merchant, Yemen – 3,300 Calories

Noolkisaruni Tarakuai, Third Wife of a Maasai Chief – 800 Calories

Munna Kailash, Bicycle Rickshaw Driver, India – 2,400 Calories

Marble Moahi, Mother Living with HIV/AIDS, Botswana – 900 Calories

Robina Weiser-Linnartz, Master Baker, Germany – 3,700 Calories

Saleh Abdul Fadlallah, Camel Broker, Egypt – 3,200 Calories

Tersius Bezuidenhout, Trucker, Botswana-Namibia border – Unknown

Shashi Kanth, Call Center Employee, India – Unknown

Curtis Newcomer, US Army Soldier, Mojave Desert – 4,000 Calories

Din Memon, Taxi Driver, Chicago – 2,000 Calories

Conrad Tolby, Truck Driver, Illinois– 5,400 Calories

Mariel Booth, Model and Student, New York – 2,400 Calories

Katherine Navas, High Schooler, Venezuela – 4,000 Calories

Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo, Mother of Eight, Ecuador – 3,800 Calories

Lan Guihua, Farmer, China – 1,900 Calories

Chen Zhen, College Student, China – 2,600 Calories

Xu Zhipeng, Graphic Designer, China – 1,600 Calories

Neil Jones, Director at the CN Tower, Canada – 2,600 Calories

Willie Ishulutak, Soapstone Carver, Canada – 4,700 Calories

Solange Da Silva Correia, Rancher’s Wife, Brazil – 3,400 Calories

Shahnaz Begum, Mother of Four, Bangladesh – Unknown

Bruce Hopkins, Bondi Beach Lifeguard, Australia– 3,700 Calories

Coco Simone Finken, Vegetarian, Canada – 1,900 Calories

[H/T] – Photos Courtesy: Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio