In this overwhelmingly rural society of 15 million, the rearing of camels and other livestock underpins an economy devastated by war and natural disaster that ranks among the world's very poorest. "I have five children, and we all depend on camel milk to survive," said Elmi, passing the pot to one of his sons, who took a swig of the rich brew.įor many Somalis, the camel is a gift from the gods: a source of milk and meat, a beast of burden in the desert and – as climate change spurs extreme weather in the Horn of Africa – insurance in times of crisis.Īn animal of haughty and cantankerous repute, in Somalia the camel is celebrated in songs and folklore, a symbol of status and prosperity, and exchanged in marriages or to settle feuds. Turning to one of his beloved camels, Ali Abdi Elmi squeezed fresh milk into a wooden urn, and took a deep drink. The nomad was thirsty, and the journey into the Somali desert would be long and taxing. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.In Somalia, which has long been hit by conflict, political instability and the negative impacts of climate change, the camel becomes the king for many part of the daily life.
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The Fresh Prince Has a Memoir (And It's an Instant Best-Seller) 1 albums so fast in history, according to Billboard, and among all artists, only the Monkees accomplished a four-peat in the same time frame. No other solo artist has knocked out that many No. 1 album in 16 months, following on the heels of not just the “Fearless” re-do earlier this year but the all-original “Folklore” and “Evermore” albums in 2020. “Red (Taylor’s Version)” is Swift’s fourth No.
Swift has had a run of huge vinyl weeks with her last few releases, but this marks the first time she has had a new project come out on vinyl day-and-date with other formats. The album is a four-LP set that retails for $50. “Red (Taylor’s Version)” sold 114,000 copies on vinyl - a modern one-week record since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, according to Billboard. 9 (leaping several spots due to a deluxe reissue) and Doja Cat at No. Other holdovers include Drake, Morgan Wallen and Ed Sheeran at Nos. Last week’s Billboard 200 topper, Summer Walker’s “Still Over It,” falls to No. 3 with 66,000 equivalent album units, and country star Jason Aldean’s “Macon,” at No. Two other albums debuted in the top 10: Twice’s “Formula of Love: O+T=<3,” at No. 2 debut with 104,000 equivalent album units. The original 2012 version of the song was tracked separately from these, according to Billboard.Ĭoming in second place on the Billboard 200 chart was Silk Sonic’s “An Evening Silk Sonic,” giving the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak a No.
The current chart-topping numbers for “All Too Well” encompass combined totals for several renditions of the tune - the straight remake version on the new album, the 10-minute draft heard later on the album, and “Sad Girl Autumn Version – Recorded at Long Pond Studios,” an acoustic take released separately from the album.
That was the first album in her series of re-recordings of her Big Machine catalog and bowed with 290,000 equivalent album units.īut “Red” was expected to do at least nominally better, if not necessarily as well as things turned out, thanks to having a not-so-secret weapon in “All Too Well (10-Minute Version),” an expansion of the “Red” album’s fan-favorite track using several excised verses from her first 2012 draft.
The 605K figure for “Red (Taylor’s Version)” is surprising because it more than doubles the number that “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” debuted with in April.