These “scarecrow” warning figures are quite common on the DQ. There used to always be one in front of the South Korean embassy here, so imagine our surprise one day when it turned out to be human!

We have been having incredibly heavy rain in Riyadh recently, with severe flooding. For an excellent (short) clip of the devastation, see http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/nov/26/tunnel-floods-in-saudi-arabia-amid-heavy-rain-trapping-cars-video

Cloudy building, posted earlier: