Multicolored buckets at a market in Loropéni, Burkina Faso (@ Ivern Photo/age fotostock)

Multicolored buckets at a market in Loropéni, Burkina Faso (@ Ivern Photo/age fotostock)

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• When these multicoloured buckets outlive their purpose, they\re put to a new use.""What thriving industry has only just been introduced here?
• The market town featured today is positioned close to the mysterious Loropéni ruins.""In 2009, it became this country\s first UNESCO World Heritage site
• Every year, cyclists from across this region get on their bikes for a race lasting over a thousand kilometres.""Imagine if the Tour de France was transported to Africa
• These cool containers can be found in a country which, until 1984, was called the Republic of Upper Volta.""Its new name means ‘the land of upright people\