Daily life in Omdurman Souq, the largest market in Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Locals walk past the 5-star Boji Al-Fateh Hotel (Libyan Hotel), designed to represent a sail, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Crowds in Souq al-Arabi, the center of Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Locals walk past the 5-star Boji Al-Fateh Hotel (Libyan Hotel), designed to represent a sail, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Aerial view of Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

The 5-star Boji Al-Fateh Hotel, or Libyan Hotel, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Tank memorial in Massawa, Eritrea, Africa

South Sudanese woman bearing tribal scarification markings, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Great Mosque area, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Reconstructed Nubian temples of Buhen and Semna, saved from land flooded by Lake Nasser, National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Detail of wall painting from Egyptian temple salvaged from Nubian land flooded by Lake Nasser, National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Reconstructed Nubian temples of Buhen and Semna, saved from land flooded by Lake Nasser, National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Detail of wall painting from Egyptian temple salvaged from Nubian land flooded by Lake Nasser, National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Great Mosque area, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Farras Cathedral, frescoes and murals from ruined Nubian churches, dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries, The National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Reconstructed Nubian temples of Buhen and Semna, saved from land flooded by Lake Nasser, National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

The Annunciation, Farras Cathedral, frescoes and murals from ruined Nubian churches, dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries, The National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

The Madhi's Tomb, Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Locals walk past the 5-star Boji Al-Fateh Hotel (Libyan Hotel), designed to represent a sail, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

The 5-star Boji Al-Fateh Hotel (Libyan Hotel), designed to represent a sail, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Signposts stand in the desert along the Khartoum to Atbara highway, Sudan, Africa

Crowds in Souq al-Arabi, the center of Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Color satellite image of Omdurman, Sudan. The city lies on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital Khartoum. Image collected on October 25, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, the Mahdi; Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan