A RESTAURANT WORKER COVERS HER HEAD WITH A PLASTIC BAG DURING BEIJING SAND STORM

A restaurant worker covers her head with a plastic bag as she delivers deliver food during a sand storm which turned the sky amber and greatly reduced visibility in front of Beijing's Tiananmen Gate March 20, 2002. Extensive deforestation and desertification in northern China have fueled the dust stoms. Nearly one million tonnes of Gobi Desert sand blows into Beijing each year. REUTERS/Guang Niu