21.   For one veiled widow in Kabul, who trudged through the muddy streets begging for food, all the distant efforts seemed futile.

22.   In one fishing neighborhood on the banks of the Tamesi River, people trudged through muddy streets carrying mattresses, bedding and plastic-wrapped televisions.

23.   Residents of a poor, fishing neighborhood along the Rio Tameisi carried belongings from their shanty-type houses, trudging through muddy streets to reach shelter.

24.   Sudanese flocked to a rally Friday after Muslim prayers outside the office of Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir in the muddy streets of Khartoum.

25.   The villagers said two fighter-bombers accompanied by three helicopters swooped over the settlement Tuesday and fired rockets without warning onto a muddy main street where a family was walking.

26.   There, pit latrines have been flooded by rains, and people now defecate into plastic bags, which are tossed onto muddy streets.

27.   They milled about the muddy streets listlessly, ogling the dancehall girls and following the rich prospectors who strutted around town in splendor.

28.   Throughout the day, dump trucks and other heavy construction equipment rumbled down the muddy streets.

29.   Young thugs, many dressed partly in military garb, roamed the muddy streets along with small trucks and cars pulling trailers.

30.   With its handful of houses, children playing in the single muddy street, and its picturesque location amid snow-capped mountains, Mekhketi seems a peaceful if primitive community.