In this Wednesday, June 27, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan takes a tea break in the late morning in Mardan, Pakistan. In rural villages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, this brunch time tea is very important for all farmers and it is called as “Sakhtee chay” in Pashto language. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Friday, August 10, 2018, photo, in Mardan, Pakistan, Ansa Khan plays marbles on the dirt floor of her home. This is the most famous game in rural areas of Khyebr Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is played by small girls and boys both. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, June 27, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan and her sisters' combs are hang on the the mud wall of their house in Mardan, Pakistan. Since 2012 the United Nations has reserved Oct. 11 as the International day of the Girl Child “to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world”. This year the theme is employable skills for girls, particularly in the poorer economies. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Friday, August 10, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan studies with a flash light during a power outage in Mardan, Pakistan. Ansa enjoys her school, saying her favorite subject is Islamiat. Electricity is not always reliable in Ansa’s Toru village and she is often forced to study by flashlight. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, August 13, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan sifts through dry sugarcane peel and for use as firewood in Mardan, Pakistan. At just 10 years old, her day is a hectic one. At the first hint of dawn, she is up saying her morning prayers before reading her Quran, Islam’s holy book. Those are Ansa’s quietest moments. After that her day is a whirl of chores, school, studying and the occasional moments stolen away to play marbles. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, July 25, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan and the women in her family sort through tobacco leaves in Mardan, Pakistan. The family farm produces tobacco, a major crop their area. While her father and older brother harvest and shred the leaves from the tobacco plants, it is far Ansa, her older sister and mother to sew the leaves together to be dried. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, July 25, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan, along with elder sister and neighbors, gather tobacco leaves in Mardan, Pakistan. Since 2012 the United Nations has reserved Oct. 11 as the International day of the Girl Child “to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world”. This year the theme is employable skills for girls, particularly in the poorer economies. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, June 26, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan first's work in the morning after breakfast is to recite the Quran with her religious teacher in her village in Mardan, Pakistan. After that her day is a whirl of chores, school, studying and the occasional moments stolen away to play marbles. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Monday, July 9, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan feeds her small chicks and hens at her home in Mardan, Pakistan. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Monday, July 9, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan cools her feet with running water just adjacent to her home while her mother and sister are busy in their household activities and washing clothes and utensils in Mardan, Pakistan. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, June 27, 2018, photo, Ansa Khan carries grass from the family farm, a daily afternoon chore, in Mardan, Pakistan. At the first hint of dawn, she is up saying her morning prayers before reading her Quran, Islam’s holy book. Those are Ansa’s quietest moments. After that her day is a whirl of chores, school, studying and the occasional moments stolen away to play marbles. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





A Pakistani sweeper cleans a street at dusk in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, October 24, 2018. (Photo by B.K. Bangash/AP Photo)





In this January 20, 2017, photo, villagers collect clean water from a broken water supply line in the suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan says it will seek a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund to address a mounting balance of payments crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said Monday. (Photo by B.K. Bangash/AP Photo)





Pakistani vendors carry cotton candy as they ride on a bicycle along a street in Lahore on November 4, 2018. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A boy with friends, flies a kite along the dry bed of Lyari River in Karachi, Pakistan October 23, 2018. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





The anti-narcotics force burns drugs including heroin, cannabis, opium and alcohol in Lahore, Pakistan on November 14, 2018. (Photo by Xinhua News Agencya/Barcroft Images)





In this Wednesday, September 12, 2018, file photo, vendors carry banana on their heads at a fruit and vegetable market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan says it will seek a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund to address a mounting balance of payments crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said Monday. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





A man sells roasted chicken on a road on the eve of World Food Day in Peshawar, Pakistan, 15 October 2018. World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. World Food Day aims to heighten public awareness of the plight of the world's hungry and malnourished and to encourage people worldwide to take action against hunger. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





A Pakistani farmer uses a tractor to prepare a field on the outskirts of Peshawar on September 28, 2018. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)