People walk through a market decorated for the upcoming Mawlid al-Nabi holiday celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, September 16, 2024. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Vendors sell chipas, a traditional baked roll made with corn flour and cheese, from a roadside stand in Barrero, Paraguay, Friday, August 30, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Colorful fish are displayed for sale at the fish market in Apia, Samoa, on Sunday, October 20, 2024. (Photo by Rick Rycroft/AP Photo)





People walk by venders selling flowers Monday, April 15, 2024, in the holy city of in Vrindavan, India. Until recently, Indian widows were expected to follow the sociocultural codes of a patriarchal Hindu society that demands a woman lead a life of asceticism after a husband's death. The holy city of Vrindavan, which has thousands of temples, is known as the City of Widows because it has given shelter to thousands of these women. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)





A vegetable vender cuts squash at a street market in El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, October 4, 2024. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





People visit shops of earthen lamps, known as Diya, flowers and decorative lights ahead of Diwali festival in Bangalore, India, 29 October 2024. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, symbolizes the victory of good over evil, and commemorates Lord Rama's return to his kingdom Ayodhya after completing a 14-year exile. Diwali will be celebrated this year on 31 October. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Sellers wait for costumers at their stalls at a wholesale market in Dhaka on August 14, 2024, days after a student-led uprising that ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





People walk along a commercial alley in a street market at Eminonu area in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, August 29, 2024. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





Traders and customers crowd at a wholesale fruit market in Lahore on September 26, 2024. Pakistan said on September 26 it would have to go through "transitional pain" after the International Monetary Fund agreed to a new relief package of $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Local vendors sell fish and other foods at a morning market in Prey Popel village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, October 17, 2024. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)





A vendor sells beef at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam 01 October 2024. Vietnam's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 47.3 points in September, down from 52.4 points in the previous month, according to the latest survey from S&P Global. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA)





Afghan traders sort figs for sale at a wholesale market in Kandahar on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





People shop in a market on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France. The city is gearing up to host the XXXIII Olympic Summer Games, from 26 July to 11 August. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)





An elderly man naps at a stall in a market in Hanoi, Vietnam 01 October 2024. Vietnam's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 47.3 points in September, down from 52.4 points in the previous month, according to the latest survey from S&P Global. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan vendor sells parrots at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 September 2024. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)