Abdullah Al Salmi (Saudi Arabia): Abdullah journeyed by foot from his hometown of Jeddah to Qatar, hiking across the Saudi Arabian desert, to support his national team at the FIFA World Cup.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awards-2022-revealed/

A big mound of fresh dirt sits at Terry Taylor's marijuana farm in the high desert of north-central Washington state.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/3fc3baa008d6d06e?ref=ff

A climate-controlled garage is hidden from view, surrounded by native desert landscaping designed by Sage Design Studios and the Springs Preserve.

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/homes/real-estate-millions/wahlberg-murren-homes-top-luxury-list-2917080/

A close-up shot of a Federal Telecommunications Institute camera lens, reflecting the desert landscape that it looks over below Coronado Peak in Hereford, Ariz.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/03/20/border-surveillance-map/

Additionally, an uptick in people flocking to Utah's desert regions — specifically since the pandemic — has led to more incidents, thus more missions for the Aero Bureau.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/3/22/23652132/public-safety-helicopter-conduct-more-search-and-rescue-missions

After Qatar won the FIFA hosting vote in 2010, its World Cup project variously seemed at risk because of the extreme desert heat and allegations of corruption in the bid.

Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/report--qatar-spied-on-meeting-of-swiss-prosecutor-and-fifa-president/48354030?utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_source=multiple&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o

After strange and unexplained events in the small desert county of Agua Dulce, California, the enterprising residents soon discover that the greatest opportunity and threat to their lives has been lurking right under their noses all along.

Source: https://screenrant.com/amazon-prime-best-movies/

After World War I, the community became home to veterans with tuberculosis who believed they would benefit from the dry desert air.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/12/21/once-sleepy-twentynine-palms-is-having-its-moment-in-the-sun/

Alcaraz did not drop a set across six matches in the tournament and his performance in the California desert gives him an added boost of confidence ahead of his Miami Open title defence.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/carlos-alcaraz-routs-daniil-medvedev-in-indian-wells-final-reclaims-no-1-ranking-8507248/

All the way to the canyon it was wide open desert, and oh, I loved it then.”

Source: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-02-08/moorten-botanical-garden-is-a-remnant-of-old-palm-springs

Amber Heard knows how to turn her fate & it was quite clear when she sold her Mojave desert house to turn her fortune.

Source: https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/amber-heard-makes-2x-the-profit-raking-in-1-1-million-for-mojave-desert-house-with-three-bedrooms-bathrooms-a-wooden-bridge/

Anderson's latest takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955 when a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is disrupted by world-changing events.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1307954/dont-like-asteroid-city-wes-anderson-says-watch-again/

And she made sure to get their attention with her table decorations — book-ended by a giant, coiled rattlesnake in a globe full of formaldehyde, and a jet black scorpion in a small clear cube designed to mimic its desert habitat.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/toe-bones-and-porcupine-quills-library-patrons-create-spooky-season-nature-vials/

An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet performs during a graduation ceremony of Israeli Air Force pilots, at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, near the southern city of Beer Sheva, on December 28, 2022.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.co.za/israel-ukraine-weapons-fighting-syria-russia-2023-2

Another thriller being removed from Prime Video on the same day is starring Kurt Russell as a man whose wife goes missing after their car breaks down on the side of a desert road.

Source: https://screenrant.com/movies-tv-shows-leaving-prime-video/

A short drive off the highway, deeper into the desert, lies Al Najim, a village being blown off the map.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html

As part of the wider plan, the government cited the creation of green belts around cities to act as windbreaks against dust storms, in a country where 39% of the territory is desert or affected by desertification.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/iraq-plant-5-million-trees-combat-severe-impacts-climate-change-6017116-Mar2023/

As with energy, technology and innovation can solve food security problems, Almheiri said, noting that it has helped the UAE, with its parched desert landscape, devise a food security strategy.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-not-ready-yet-switch-off-fossil-fuels-cop28-host-uae-says-1715714

At around 12:48 a.m. MT, Sorge's remains were part of a Celestis memorial spaceflight that launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the California desert.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/cremated-remains-of-calgary-space-fan-tyson-jerrold-sorge-launched-into-space-1.6357169

Aunty rules a desert trading post called Bartertown, a post-apocalyptic community emulative of the wild west, where civilization perseveres by harvesting methane for energy and justice is served through violence.

Source: https://collider.com/tina-turner-mad-max-beyond-thunderdome/