This month has seen snowfall in the Sahara and temperatures in Saudi Arabia plummeting to -2C (28F). Pictured: Snow-capped sand dunes in the Algerian Sahara

Photographer Karim Bouchetata's stunning images showed the small Algerian desert town of Ain Sefra. Sheep can be seen standing on the ice-covered dunes in the Algerian Sahara on Wednesday as temperatures dipped.

Ain Sefra, known as The Gateway to the Desert, is around 1,000 meters (3,280feet) above sea level and is surrounded by the Atlas Mountains. 

The Sahara Desert covers most of Northern Africa and it has gone through shifts in temperature and moisture over the past few hundred thousand years. 

Although very dry today, the desert is expected to become green again in about 15,000 years. 

Residents of Saudi Arabia expressed joy and excitement over the rare snowfall in the country's Aseer region where mountains and deserts were blanketed in white. Half a century has passed since the temperature in the region dropped below freezing. Pictured: Camels in the snow in Saudi Arabia

The temperature fell as low as -2C (28F) in the southwestern region where camels were pictured surrounded by snow.

Pictured: The strange sight of a blanket-covered camel standing in the snow.

Source: Dailymail UK