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Colourful hydrothermal pools and mineral deposits in the Dallol geothermal area of the Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. The vivid yellow, orange, red and green surfaces reflect the unusual mineral-rich hydrothermal environment created by geother — Colourful hydrothermal pools at Dallol, Ethiopia Alex Coleman

Panoramic view of a round crater holding a dark green lake, ringed by steep dry grassy and rocky walls, with green hills and fluffy white clouds in a blue sky behind. — Green Lake maar, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia Giacomo Corti

Silhouettes of three people on a grassy hilltop under a blazing sun in a hazy sky: one seated writing in a notebook, two standing and talking, with bushy trees behind. — At work under the Ethiopian sun Giacomo Corti

Wide muddy brown flood flowing down a broad river channel past a stone-filled wire embankment where three children stand, one pointing, with mountains behind. — Wadi Flash Flood in Alamata (Ethiopia) Giulio Castelli

Rough salt flat of broken grey-brown salt slabs stretching to the horizon, where a long line of camels and a few people walk past in front of a hazy mountain. — Salt flat in the Danakil depression Dario Zampieri

Person in darkness lighting with a torch a rough white stone held in their other hand, where a patch of black opal flashes blue and green. — Extract the treasure Boris Chauviré

Two people sitting on the earthen floor of a dim hut, one smiling and one pouring coffee from a black clay pot into small white cups on a low wooden stand, beside a straw ring and a red bowl. — Welcoming coffee ceremony in Wanzaye (Ethiopia) Elise Monsieurs

Deep gully with steep brown soil walls cutting through green fields, a stream of stones at its bottom, while a person ploughs with two oxen beside it and green hills rise behind. — Gullies as a threat for farmers in the Fogera plain (northern Ethiopia) Elise Monsieurs

People working in a field of young plants on red soil raised into beds, one standing in the foreground holding a sickle, others crouching or bending to weed, with green fields and hills behind. — Bed planting in northern Ethiopia Elise Monsieurs

Flat field of bare pale sandy soil scattered with cut dry maize stalks, with a line of acacia trees and bushes on the horizon under a cloudy blue sky. — Mulching in Central rift valley Saskia Keesstra

Close-up of dark grey clayey soil split by deep cracks, with dry grass stems, an uprooted plant with orange roots and a small grey-green thistle. — Vertisol in Tigray, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Calm lake at dusk under a grey and golden sky, with low hills on the far shore and dark tree branches overhanging from the top. — Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Collapsing riverbank of dark soil with hanging tree roots exposed, acacia trees on the grassy top edge and a rocky dry channel below. — River erosion, Bahir Dahr, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Dry, bare savanna with flat-topped acacia trees spread across it and a single dark cow grazing, beside the edge of a mud wall, under a cloudy sky. — Rangeland in Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Person walking behind two oxen, one brown and one black, pulling a wooden plough through dry brown soil, with acacia trees and grazing animals behind. — Ploughing in Central rift valley, ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Dry hillside built up into low stone terraces with scattered green shrubs, a large pale tree with spreading branches on the right, under a clear blue sky. — Landscape of northern Tigray, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Deep gully in red soil with a pale wet channel in its bed, filled lower down with piled grey and tan rocks held in wire mesh, with green vegetation at the top. — Gully checkdams, Bahir Dahr, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Silhouetted flat-topped acacia trees on a dark dry plain, with a pale lake and distant hills beneath a heavy grey cloudy sky. — Evening view of Central Rift Valley lakes, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Wide waterfall of brown water plunging over cliffs in several broad curtains and throwing up clouds of spray, surrounded by green trees and grassy slopes. — Blue Nile falls, Ethiopia Saskia Keesstra

Wide view from a height over a patchwork of brown, orange and green fields dotted with trees and farmsteads, stretching to a sharp rocky peak and flat-topped ridge under clouds. — Agrosystem in Tigray, Highlands Sylvain Trigalet

Wide view over a dark, barren lava plain cut by long straight fissures and cliffs, with sparse shrubs and a broad flat volcano on the hazy horizon under a pale blue sky. — Broad view of the Dabbahu rift segment Sarah Medynski

Group of children sitting and standing on rough dark lava rocks, watching the camera, one holding a long stick, with a dry valley and mountain ridge behind. — Curious Afarian kids Sarah Medynski

Sunrise behind dark clouds over a silhouetted hilly landscape, with bright rays of light fanning out across a golden sky. — Afar sunrise in the Dabbahu rift segment Sarah Medynski

Rows of steeply tilted grey rock slabs sticking out of dry, sandy grazing land, with cattle grazing behind, trees and a terraced hill under a cloudy blue sky. A red date stamp in the corner. — Magnificent_Geological_Inclination Ahmed Harb Rabia

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