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Graphics: Shutting foreign aid down could have impacts globally

Rohingya children eat from jars with the USAID logo on them, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab

The US Agency for International Development has been a top target of a government reduction program spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk since President Donald Trump took office.

While the government gave an exemption for emergency food assistance and issued waivers for certain life-saving aid, uncertainty around most other programs has put thousands of jobs and millions of dollars' worth of aid material in jeopardy.

In charts and graphics, we show which countries are the most likely to be affected.

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