From The New York Times:

In the United States, where the median household income is about $48,000, $4-a-gallon gas is painful.

In Nigeria, most of whose 140 million citizens live on less than $2 a day despite their country’s status as the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, $5.50-a-gallon diesel is excruciating.

Mama Lei has a spoon and is not afraid to use it.

Gas scarcity, power scarcity, water scarcity, petrol scarcity. Status updates for the Dakar community: hoping for electricity. Looking for a can of Super. Asking for light.