This is the way an army of migrant workers from some of Africa's poorest states get home from oil-rich Libya.
Shoehorned onto the back of a lorry, they are crossing the Sahara Desert in temperatures of up to 35c in the shade. The hellish trip can last two to three weeks.
The lorries follow ancient spice caravan routes over hundreds of miles to Niger and Mali, braving dust storms and giant potholes.
The workers, who do menial jobs shunned by Libyans, have some time with their families - then their desert commute starts all over again.
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High school sweethearts: First Lady Michelle Obama with David Upchurch before the 1984 Whitney M Young High School prom in Chicago, Illinois
In a shimmering low-cut silk dress slashed to the thigh, the then 18-year-old Michelle Robinson posed with her first boyfriend at the High School Prom.
They had both attended the Whitney M Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, and had been going out for almost a year and a half when the time came to escort her to the prom.
The romance ended when Michelle went off to Princeton to study sociology.
Michelle would later meet Barack at the Chicago law firm of Sidney and Austin when she assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate.
After a two-year romance they were married in 1992. David, a divorced father-of-three from Colorado Springs, Colorado, says he finds it hard to believe his prom date ended up in the White House.
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An 11-year-old boy was more than £8,000 richer today after his collection of memorabilia from fast food chain McDonald's went under the hammer.
Luke Underwood's massive collection of 7,000 promotional items is believed to be the largest of its kind in the UK and attracted bidders from all over the world.
The rare Mcmemorabilia featured the only known complete set of the 101 Dalmations in their original bags, as well as hundreds of Happy Meal boxes, toys and posters.
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Shoehorned onto the back of a lorry, they are crossing the Sahara Desert in temperatures of up to 35c in the shade. The hellish trip can last two to three weeks.
