Fisherman Birane Mbaye (R), one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, checks the coffee pot in his mother's room in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 19, 2024. He and his mother Ndeye Mbaye, 52, his sister Marie Mbaye, his wife Khady Gueye, 21, and his daughter Maguette, 1, were breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Earning as little as 2,000 CFA franc (3.28 USD) per day as a fisherman for hire, Mbaye shares a sparsely furnished room with his wife and daughter in his parents' half-built house. They sleep on a mattress on the floor and wash in water from a plastic kettle. Entrenched poverty and tales of fortunes earned abroad drove Mbaye to squeeze onto the boat bound for Spain's Canary Islands, some 1,400 km (870 miles) from their village. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
