Discover which countries have both burning deserts and snowy mountains. Explore the unique geography and climates of the most diverse nations around the world.

In the vast and lonely Arizona desert about 50 miles south of Las Vegas, tourists who took a wrong turn stumbled across a woman's naked and bloodied body on Dec. 12, 1989. Two days later and nearly ...

In the Gobi Desert outside Golmud in the northwestern province of Qinghai, a row of white tanks stands tall in the open wilderness. Inside, air is compressed and cooled to -194 degrees Celsius (-317 ...

Deserts are most commonly associated with extreme heat, dunes, and overall arid conditions. But in the past five years, there have been instances of snowfall in various deserts around the world, ...

This image made from surveillance footage captured at a rental car company on Oct. 7, 2025, and released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, shows Melodee Buzzard, left, and Ashlee Buzzard, ...

Snow in a desert still stops people in their tracks. Deserts are known for heat, sand and dry winds not snow-covered dunes and icy landscapes. But in the last five years, several deserts around the ...

New Delhi: Parts of Saudi Arabia’s northern desert turned white this week after rare and heavy snowfall. In regions such as Tabuk and Al-Jawf, golden sand dunes were covered in thick snow as ...

Saudi Arabia experiences rare snowfall and cold temperatures across its northern regions, highlighting the growing unpredictability of weather due to climate change Saudi Arabia, typically known for ...

It is no secret from any traveller that India is a land of dramatic contrasts. However, only a few know that there is one place that feels almost unreal in how effortlessly it can blend extreme.