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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRENNAN LINSLEY/AP


The Salt of Life
Life is hard for the nomadic people of the Sahara Desert who live and work along the 450-mile salt road from Timbuktu


STACKED AND READY TO GO:
Just after sunrise, blocks of pure salt cut from the earth sit stacked in rows awaiting carriers in Taoudenni, as a miner removes earth from his pit mine.

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