Sudan - Al-Fashir - Darfur Town and Desert

Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled Al-Fashir), the front-line town in north Darfur, during a tribal war resulting from colonial land-use. Basic housing is outlined against the barren and scorched red earth of this Saharan desert area of south-western Sudan. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 square miles), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States and the European continent. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)