A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara Desert, after it was hit with the first floods in decades.

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades. Southeastern Morocco 's desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer.

A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.

Xbox Games Studios head Alan Hartman is stepping down from his post after more than three decades working at parent company Microsoft. Following Hartman’s retirement, Craig Duncan, chief of Xbox’s studio Rare,

Xbox Game Studios head Alan Hartman is set to retire in November, with Rare boss Craig Duncan lined up to take his place.