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So this was food riots in Bangladesh brought about
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by the rising food prices and people not being able to secure food;
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cooking oil shortages in China.
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You can see the number of people lined up trying to get cooking oil,
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a basic staple there; and then a mob stampeding for food in Indonesia,
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where you can see how desperate people are where the older frail woman
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there is being pushed aside by people who really need the food as well.
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How big is the price increase?
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Well, it's been pretty significant.
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These are data from the Food and Agricultural Organization
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in Rome, again part of The United Nations.
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The left hand side here shows the rising food prices