Human Footprint - Djibouti

An acacia rustles with plastic trash dropped by travelers in the desert of Djibouti. Afar nomads use the term Hahai, or People of the Wind, to describe the refugees, deserters, migrant workers, and others who blow through the desert. Today, we no longer leave just our footprints, leaving instead a far more insidious and problematic mark.

Published in National Geographic magazine