Journey in 4-wheel drive vehicles through the Sahara Desert in Upper Volta, now re-named Burkina Faso

Funeral in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Touareg tribesmen in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Local people tend cattle in the Sahara Desert in Upper Volta, now named Burkina Faso

Muslims pray to the east during a funeral in the desert, Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, Africa

Young child with its mother in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, Africa.

Drought in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). A white Land Rover 4-wheel drive vehicle drives past a dried out carcass.

Mothers and children sitting on mats while waiting at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A veiled native woman walking alone along a dusty road in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

With flies around his nose a child holds onto his mother's necklace at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso

Drought scene as a sandstorm engulfs donkeys trying to shelter by a tree, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Drought scene - two men walking past the dried out carcasses of dead cattle in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Locals on bicycles ride past carcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A local man wearing a sunhat rides a bicycle on the road to Sebba through the desert drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Ccarcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Funeral procession, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Women, Burkina Faso formerly Upper Volta, Africa

Gathering timber, Gorom Gorom, Sahara, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Villagers gather for a funeral in the desert in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Two men cycling the deserted road to Sebba, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)