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The nomadic mini-city behind the Dakar Rally

Roaring sandstorms whip up around the sea of small camping tents, in which most of the inhabitants of this itinerant community sleep. No five-star hotels here.

Spanish driver Carlos Sainz steers his Ford Raptor during Stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally between Bisha and Bisha. AFP PHOTO
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

Television loves the Dakar Rally with its crisp, dramatic images of cars, motorbikes and trucks ploughing through the blood-red sands and dunes of Saudi Arabia.

But television doesn't show the whole

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