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.

New images of the Sahara Desert blanketed in snow have appeared this week on social media. We all know the Sahara as the world’s driest desert, with temperatures soaring up to 50 C. Along with ...

The picture of snow blanketing cacti was shot on 2nd March by Pulitzer-Prize-winning landscape photographer Jack Dykinga. Mr Dykinga, who has been photographing the Sonoran Desert since 1976 ...

Yesterday, Algerians living in the Sahara Desert found themselves in a winter wonderland as up to 16 inches of snow covered the desert dunes. This rare event has occurred only three times in the ...

Posting the images and videos, one wrote, “Northern Saudi Arabia: Snow blankets the desert after heavy rains and hail. Just yesterday, winter transformed the mountainous landscape. Yes ...