A flight delayed by a Saharan dust storm arrived in Guinea carrying thousands of Ebola vaccination jabs, as the West African country fights to stamp out a resurgence of the deadly virus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Iraq is hit by its third dust storm in two weeks, temporarily grounding flights at airports serving Baghdad and Najaf and signalling the increasing frequency of the weather phenomenon (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Haze continues to obscure the skyline of Qatar's capital Doha as dust clouds cover the city following a heavy dust storm (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Despite the sand and dust storms, deliveryman Milad Matta Abdel Ahad cannot afford to miss a day of work (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The great dust storms of the 1930s cause great hardship throughout much of the country.