A brief photo journey following trucking in Mali.

1. Close up of a cargo truck at the Faladie truck stop in Bamako, Mali

2. A young man changes truck tires at the Faladie truck stop

3. A driver performs maintenance on his truck at the Faladie truck stop

4. A police officer checks a truck driver's documents at the Senou checkpoint outside Bamako

5. An official from the MaliDirection des transportschecks truck drivers' documents at the Senoucheckpoint

6. Trucks loaded with lumber wait to go through the Senoucheckpoint

7. A police officer inspects a truck at the Senoucheckpoint

8. A police officer checks a truck driver's license at the Senoucheckpoint

9. A truck drives through the Senoucheckpoint

10. A truck overloaded with leather hides near the Senoucheckpoint

11. Men unload some of a truck’s contents to allow it to fit into a scanner used for customs check at the Korofina customs station in Bamako

12. A customs officer records the contents of a truck as she monitors unloading at the Korofina customs station

13. Customs seal on a container coming from the Dakar seaport and headed to Bamako at the Kati truck stop west of Bamako

14. IRTG officials collect forms from drivers to help track checkpoints and bribery at the Kati truck stop