<p>A lone traveler leads a group of camels through Wadi Rum. The dramatic landscape of the UNESCO-protected World Heritage site is colored red from the iron oxide in the area.</p>

Wadi Rum

A lone traveler leads a group of camels through Wadi Rum. The dramatic landscape of the UNESCO-protected World Heritage site is colored red from the iron oxide in the area.

Photograph by Annie Griffiths

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