Dragon Blood Trees can be viewed as far as the eye can see on Socotra Island, Yemen.
Fishermen wade in the water off Shoab beach on Yemen's Socotra Island. All photos: AFP
A flowering bottle tree, or desert rose, at Homhil in the northeast of the Yemeni island of Socotra, part of the flora found only in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
A lagoon is pictured outside Hadibo, the main city on Socotra island.
Detwah Lagoon, on the far west of Socotra island, is listed as a wetland of global importance under the Ramsar Convention.
A man stands at the top of a peak on Di-Hamri mountain, Socotra island.
Dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari) trees at the top of Dixam mountain on Socotra island.
Desert rose (Adenium socotranum) plants grow on Di-Hamri mountain on Socotra Island.
A Dragon’s Blood Tree provides shade on the Diksam Plateau in the centre of Socotra island, a species found only on the Indian Ocean archipelago.
An endangered Egyptian Vulture perches on the dead branches of a Dragon’s Blood Tree in Socotra.
Socotra boasts an abundance of Frankincense trees and fresh water springs.
Dragon Blood Trees can be viewed as far as the eye can see on Socotra Island, Yemen.
Fishermen wade in the water off Shoab beach on Yemen's Socotra Island. All photos: AFP
A flowering bottle tree, or desert rose, at Homhil in the northeast of the Yemeni island of Socotra, part of the flora found only in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
A lagoon is pictured outside Hadibo, the main city on Socotra island.
Detwah Lagoon, on the far west of Socotra island, is listed as a wetland of global importance under the Ramsar Convention.
A man stands at the top of a peak on Di-Hamri mountain, Socotra island.
Dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari) trees at the top of Dixam mountain on Socotra island.
Desert rose (Adenium socotranum) plants grow on Di-Hamri mountain on Socotra Island.
A Dragon’s Blood Tree provides shade on the Diksam Plateau in the centre of Socotra island, a species found only on the Indian Ocean archipelago.
An endangered Egyptian Vulture perches on the dead branches of a Dragon’s Blood Tree in Socotra.
Socotra boasts an abundance of Frankincense trees and fresh water springs.
Dragon Blood Trees can be viewed as far as the eye can see on Socotra Island, Yemen.