Begins with a hanging religious structure. A man and a boy walk to the structure which also has a gate, the boy holds a bowl. The man enters the gate and takes fruit from the bowl and places it on a platform and holds his hands in prayer. Shot of the fruit. The man then places rice paddies into the water next to the stand with fruit. Shots of rice paddies and plants waving in the wind. Shot of clouds passing by the sun. Cacti are silhouetted by the sun. Grain has been pushed to the ground. WS of an enormous sandstorm about to reach settlements of tents. A cow skeleton, followed by a camel carcass lies in the sand. A man tills the ground for crops, it is very dry and barren. Cuts to a woman scooping rice out of a pot and placing it into a bowl. The woman places the bowl around a group of children who eat it with their hands. Cuts to an elderly woman deep in thought. PAN of a starving child crying; he is very thin.