Crowds at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Traders haggling, Darow camel market, near Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Camel traders at the early morning livestock market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Goats for sale at the Camel market, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Camels at the Camel market, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Close up of camels at the camel market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Tuaregs at the animal market, Agadez, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Camels at the Camel market, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Goats for sale at the Camel market, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Camels at the Camel market, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Men trading camels at the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

Loaded camel walking through the colourful Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camel relaxes after carrying watermelons to the town of Ghinda, Eritrea, Africa

Men trading camels at the camel market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

Camels in the courtyard of the house of a camel dealer in Daraw, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Livestock for sale at the market of Bati, Amhara Region, Oromia, Ethiopia, Africa

Camels loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camels loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Close up of camels on the camel market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camel loaded with firewood walking through the colourful Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camels loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camels loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Close up of camels on the camel market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camel loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camel market, Burao, south eastern Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Camels at the livestock market of Bati, Amhara Region, Oromia, Ethiopia, Africa

Camels at the cattle market, Asaita, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Men trading camels at the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Nouakchott Camel Market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, West Africa, Africa

Birqash Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Camel fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man presenting his camels for sale at the camel market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Birqash Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tuaregs at the animal market, Agadez, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Camel traders at the early morning livestock market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Birqash Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Camels loaded with firewood at the Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camels for sale, camel market, Friday market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Camel market, Friday market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Camels for sale, camel market, Friday market, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. Camels for sale at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Men and camels at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Truck bringing camels to the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Graffiti at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Garbage burning outside a shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels in a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Man at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handler drinking tea at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels for sale at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handler at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handlers at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels in a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Butcher shop, medina, Fez. Morocco

Detail of a handshake deal for the sale of dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Man leads dromedary from a stall in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Two men and dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Trading on the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, northwestern Africa

Pushkar Camel Fair, one of the largest camel markets in Asia, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Two men having a drink, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

A man having a drink among his camels, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume and henna painted hands at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Shops in the tourist bazaar, souk, of Tripolis, Tripoli, Libya

Camels on way to Pushkar Mela, camel and cattle market, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Decorated camel at Pushkar Mela (Pushkar Camel Fair) . Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Camels at Pushkar Mela, famous annual camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Two men having a break, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man with his with his camel loaded with firewood walking through the Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Trading on the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, northwestern Africa

Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius), camel market in Sebha, Libya, Africa

Silhouette of a man holding the reins of his camel at sunset, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Shoes, Pushkar Mela, largest camel and cattle market, Pushkar, Rajasthan, North India, Asia

Bags displayed for sale, Ephesus, Turkey

A member of the Shanabla tribe holds up a severed camels head up. The camel will be the main course at this wedding celebration outside El Obeid, Sudan. On February 15, 2006. The Shanabla are nomads and have no lands of their own. They raise camels to sell at market and are dependant on others lands for grazing.

Camel traders and herders sit in a tea hut in a camel market in El Obeid, Sudan on February 16, 2006. Yussuf Gamaa, 2nd from L, is a camel herder from Darfur. About 150,000 camels cross over from Sudan into Egypt every year, the majority as cattle as an inexpensive source of protein. Today the camel is both the caravan and the cargo. Camels from this market will travel the Forty Days Road or Darb el-Arbein a 1,200 mile desert trail into Egypt and the oldest trade route in the Sahara. Desert nomads like Yussuf depend on the profitable camel trade for their livelihood.

Camel broker Elsean Ahmed Naiem with his son Ali Mohammed Abo in a tea hut at the camel market in El Obeid, Sudan.

Men and boys on bikes ride past a towering, ancient minaret, outside of Ghazni, Afghanistan, October 1, 2002. Made of brick decorated with Kufic and Naksh Script and floral motifs, the minaret dates back to the early 12th century and was built by Sultan Masud III of the Ghaznavid Dynasty, who ruled over an empire encompassing much of Afghanistan, Northern India, Persia and Central Asia. The minaret was once three times as tall as its current 70 feet, and is thought to have been part of a large mosque complex. Now an important truck stop on the road to Kandahar, Ghazni, located on the Lora River at the elevation of 2,225 meters, is the capital of Ghazni province and is a market for sheep, wool, camel hair cloth, corn, and fruit-it also continues to be a haven for Taliban insurgents.

Afghan men pause on the road with an ancient brick minaret and many shrines in the background, outside of Ghazni, Afghanistan, October 1, 2002. Made of brick decorated with Kufic and Naksh Script and floral motifs, the minaret dates back to the early 12th century and was built by Sultan Masud III of the Ghaznavid Dynasty, who ruled over an empire encompassing much of Afghanistan, Northern India, Persia and Central Asia. The minaret was once three times as tall as its current 70 feet, and is thought to have been part of a large mosque complex. Now an important truck stop on the road to Kandahar, Ghazni, located on the Lora River at the elevation of 2,225 meters, is the capital of Ghazni province with a population of 35,900, and is a market for sheep, wool, camel hair cloth, corn, and fruit, and continues to be a haven for Taliban insurgents.