A view of the parched ground of a lake bed in the Chalbi Desert. 

A view of the parched ground of a lake bed in the Chalbi Desert. 

A view of the arid landscape and a village in the distance in the Chalbi Desert. 

An ECHO flight (European Commission of Humanitarian Aid Department) landing at the North Horr airstrip in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their goats and various livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their goats and various livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

An above-ground collection tank for harvesting rainwater from roof-runoff. 

Camels are herded through the Chalbi Desert from North Horr to El Bes Oasis for water. 

A villager of a pastoralist settlement, walking amidst the dwellings in the Chalbi Desert. 

An above-ground collection tank for harvesting rainwater from roof-runoff. 

A man and woman collecting water at a well of El Bes Oasis. 

BANGLADESH 2008. Parched landscape on the way from Rajshahi to Nachole, approximately 250km northwest of Dhaka. 

A typical dwelling of a pastoralist settlement in the Afkaba region of the Chalbi Desert. 

A villager of a pastoralist settlement, walking amidst the dwellings in the Chalbi Desert. 

A view of a pastoralist settlement in the Afkaba region of the Chalbi Desert. 

Camels are herded through the Chalbi Desert from North Horr to El Bes Oasis for water. 

Villagers from a nearby region collecting water at the well of El Bes Oasis. 

A pastoralist herding his goats through the Chalbi Desert. Pastoralists walk for 2 hours from the village in North Horr to the El Bes Oasis for water.