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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz and Baba Ahmed

Water gushes through palm trees and sand dunes after rare rain in the Sahara Desert

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A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more water than many had seen in decades.

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