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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


SETTING SUN:
Men say evening prayers deep in the Sahara Desert along the salt route. As more and more nomads choose to leave the salt road for more sedentary town life, the sun may be setting on this lifestyle once and for all.

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