After days of torrential rain, salt miner Moussa Diare could only watch in despair as flood waters breached a meters-wide gap on the banks of Senegal's Pink Lake and washed away thousands of dollars ...

NIAGA, Senegal (Reuters) - On the shore of Senegal's Pink Lake, salt farmer Pape Sira Ba has raked in what he fears may be his last harvest. Extreme floods contaminated the 3-square-km lake five ...

Lake Retba, a coral-pink lake between white dunes and the Atlantic Ocean, is located less than an hour from Dakar, the capital of Senegal. During the dry season, the three square kilometre lake's salt ...

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The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge -- and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled. No sooner had the news hit ...

After nearly three years, Lake Retba in Senegal has regained its pink hue thanks to a certain type of algae that produces red pigments to survive in saline waters. Footage from July 8 captured the ...

LAC ROSE, Senegal (Reuters) - Approaching Senegal's sand dune-flanked Lac Rose, overcast skies hid the sun and, at first, obscured the vibrant pink hue that gives the expansive lake its name. But ...

The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge -- and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled.