Runners complete monster Sahara marathon in UN bid to focus on global water crisis
Exhausted, sore, sun-scorched, dehydrated, satisfied and proud, three young athletes have completed a remarkable ultra-marathon across the Sahara Desert, running the equivalent of two traditional marathons a day for 111 days over 7,300 kilometres (4580 miles) in a United Nations-backed bid to raise awareness of the burgeoning global water crisis.