Saudi Arabia's usually sun-baked deserts have been transformed into an unexpected winter scene in recent days, as snow blanketed parts of the Al-Jawf region in the northern Al-Nafūd desert.

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This could be the first in these dunes for decades. A rare snowfall in the Sonoran desert, January 2019. Photographer: Paul Williams I had no way of knowing what would be waiting for us once we ...