Timbuktu: Top Photos

The legendary gold-and-salt city at the edge of the Sahara that sent scholars to Mecca

A woman in bracelets, necklaces and earrings is sitting on her knees outside on the ground with bunches of branches near a building with a stone staircase.
A woman in bracelets, necklaces and earrings is sitting on her knees outside on the ground with bunches of branches near a building with a stone staircase. © Fred van der Kraaij, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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