TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Romain FONSEGRIVES "Desperation for the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles"
A homeless man gestures while sitting on a luggage bag along a downtown Los Angeles street lined with tents housing the homeless on November 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, where skyrocketing rents in recent years has led to an increasing rise in the number of unhoused people. Some 75,500 people live on the streets of Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs, according to a January survey. The figure is up 70 percent since 2015, in a city where sometimes shocking levels of inequality are on daily display. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)