This selection of historical images of famine
provides an insight to the way such events have
been covered, from Ireland, India and China in
the 19th century, to Ethiopia in 1984.

For more images from Ireland, see:
Images of the Irish Famine from The Illustrated London News, 1846 – 1850, National Library of Ireland ...download

Views of the Famine – 19th century images of the Irish famine ...link