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Passengers look on after boarding the old train in Shinile, Ethiopia, on October 25, 2022. Over a century after the French laid a railroad in eastern Ethiopia, the old track remains indispensable for trade and transport, even with the recent arrival of a modern, Chinese-built line Twice a week, passengers and cargo pile into carriages dating from 1955 to make the 12-hour, 200-kilometre (125-mile) journey by diesel locomotive from Dire Dawa to Dewele, on the border of Djibouti. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP Photo)
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