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Samantha Lewis in Qatar

Qatar World Cup finally starts after more than a decade of discussion and controversy

On the day of the opening match of the Qatar World Cup, a dust storm swept across Doha.

The wind came from the north-west, barrelling from across the desert, started by the flap of a butterfly wing somewhere else in the world a long time ago.

A blanket of haze blurs the horizon at the best of times, but this storm was thicker, more menacing, reaching high into the sky.

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