Children play soccer in the Catzuqui de Velasco, a rural area without reliable basic services like water and sewage, on the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, December 1, 2022. Child malnutrition is chronic among Ecuador's 18 million inhabitants, hitting hardest in rural areas and among the country's Indigenous, according to Erwin Ronquillo, secretary of the government program Ecuador Grows Without Malnutrition. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)
