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A Picture from Lac Retba: 'Piles of salt, dredged by hand from the bottom of Lac Retba near Dakar, which...'

Piles of salt at Lac Retba
Piles of salt, dredged by hand from the bottom of Lac Retba near Dakar, which is ten times saltier than the sea: the conditions are awful and the pay is pitiful, yet Senegal is one of the richer countries in West Africa
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