All images © Kevin Moloney


Tuareg riders watch the Festival au Desert music and culture festival in Essakane, Mali, from atop a nearby dune. A crescent moon sets in the evening sky a day's ride north of Timbuktu.



Tuareg nomads camp in the dunes around the Festival au Desert music and culture festival in Essakane, Mali. The festival drew several thousand Malians and international music aficionados for three days of varietal music and performance.



Boatman Atraman Maika watches the channel of the Niger river from atop a pinasse — a reed-topped cargo and passenger canoe — en route to Timbuktu.



A boy hops across a rocky outcrop near Kambasende, Mali. Engineers without Borders, an international aid group with members worldwide, is examining the village in Mali's Dogon country to see if they can improve water distribution to the community. Currently, women and girls must haul from a well a kilometer way, several times a day. The organization hopes freeing time from water needs will allow more girls in the community to attend school.



As the sun sets, boatman Atraman Maika watches the river bottom while approaching shore to camp for the night on a three-day river trip to Timbuktu.



A boat passenger rests her head against the rail as the sun sets on the second of a three-day trip down river to Timbuktu.


All images © Kevin Moloney

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