Wildlife thriving in Shareen Nature Reserve at Saudi Arabia's Al Ula - in pictures

The dramatic landscape also includes ibex and gazelle

The canyon area of Sharaan in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, has been designated as a nature reserve. All photos: Swedish Press Agency

An Arabian oryx at Sharaan Nature Reserve

A nubian ibex at Sharaan Nature Reserve

Idmi gazelles at the reserve

An idmi gazelle at Sharaan Nature Reserve

The Sharaan reserve is the first step by the Royal Commission for AlUla to re-establish the plants and wildlife that once flourished in the area

Sharaan is a dramatic landscape of cliffs, rocky plateaus and spectacular sand dunes

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