(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

The mere mention of the Sahara often conjures an image of an unchanging, inhospitable desert fixed in its aridity. And yet, several millennia ago, this region had a very different appearance, with ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the most arid, barren places on Earth, but it does receive a few inches of rainfall a year. Over ...

Many migrants make the treacherous journey in the hope of a better life in Europe Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger ...

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert creature ... A ‘moon rise’ over the Sahara. We drove in convey for many hours before we reached our destination. We had chosen a spot with an ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

One of the world’s driest places got a frosty makeover. Check out how the Sahara desert dunes were streaked with ice and why ...

In the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, near the border between Algeria and Niger ... and pointing out “security forces’ use of ethnically charged verbal abuse.” Between January and April 2023, over ...

Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. For children from nearby towns such as Mekalis, it was a welcome relief from the ...