 Media caption Photos show the scene where the migrants were found in the Sahara 
 
 Rescue workers in Niger say they have found the bodies of 92 people who died of thirst after their vehicles broke down as they tried to cross the Sahara. First word of the incident came Monday when officials reported that 35 people died of thirst but the death toll rose when more bodies were recovered from the desert. On Wednesday, volunteers and soldiers working in searing heat found other corpses about 10km (six miles) from the Algerian border.
– Earlier reports suggested that about 35 people, apparently migrants seeking work, had died of thirst in a Niger desert—but the remains of more than double that number have been discovered by rescue teams, reports the AP. The 92 highly decomposed bodies appeared to have been scavenged by jackals, rescue worker Almoustapha Alhacen says. At least 48 were children or teens, the BBC reports. The group, whose vehicle broke down, may have been heading for work in Algeria, Alhacen notes. The BBC notes that some 80,000 a year are thought to attempt a similarly dangerous journey across the Sahara, ultimately aiming for Europe.