A vendor prepares paan, a betel nut-based chewable stimulant at a flower market in Kolkata, India, January 18, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A vendor sells food for Palestinians working in Israel before they cross through the Israeli-controlled Mitar checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Hebron January 19, 2016. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)





Boys stand near goods displayed for sale in Aleppo's eastern district of Tariq al-Bab, Syria January 19, 2016. (Photo by Abdelrahmin Ismail/Reuters)





A man sells fuel in Aleppo, Syria January 19, 2016. (Photo by Abdelrahmin Ismail/Reuters)





Residents pick fruits at a market in Aleppo's al-Shaar neighbourhood, Syria, January 19, 2016. (Photo by Abdelrahmin Ismail/Reuters)





Street vendors sell subsidized goods on a street, at the Petare slum district of Caracas November 9, 2015. Driven by a deepening economic crisis, smuggling across Venezuela's land and maritime borders – as well as illicit domestic trading – has accelerated to unprecedented levels and is transforming society. Although smuggling has a centuries-old history here, the socialist government's generous subsidies and a currency collapse have given it a dramatic new impetus. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Cubans buy vegetables at a state market in Havana January 19, 2016. Cuba is backtracking on some key agricultural reforms and experimenting with restoring price controls in the face of public demands that the government tame rising food costs. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A man sells chili pepper on a street in Havana January 19, 2016. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A man sells chili pepper on a street in Havana January 19, 2016. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A Cuban flag hangs near pineapples and onions at a state market in Havana January 19, 2016. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A man sells garlic on a street in Havana January 19, 2016. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





People buy vegetables and fruits from a street vendor in Caracas, January 20, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A street vendor sells vegetables along a street in Idlib city, Syria January 23, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)





People shop for vegetables and fruits along a street in Idlib city, Syria January 23, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)





A man chooses used items for sale at an improvised store at a main street in Caracas, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Used tools, cell phones, remote controls and other used items for sale are pictured at an improvised store at a main street in Caracas, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A man sells used items at his improvised store at a main street in Caracas, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Workers sort fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province January 28, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Workers sort fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province January 28, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Workers sort fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province January 28, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Workers sort fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province January 28, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Workers sort fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province January 28, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A shopper looks at fish at Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





A woman pays money as she buys fruits outside a vegetable store at Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Meriem, 60, a street vendor, sits as she waits for customers in Kasserine, Tunisia, January 30, 2016. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A Kashmiri man, sitting covered with a blanket, trims his beard inside his shop in Srinagar February 1, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A girl completes her homework sitting at her father's stall on a street of Bashantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal February 2, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A vendor, left, sells toy Shrimp Tempura and burger for decorations at a annual market in Hong Kong, Wednesday, February 3, 2016. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 8 this year which marks the Year of Monkey on the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





A shop owner sits inside Istanbul's centuries-old Grand Bazaar, Monday, February 1, 2016. In a news conference Monday, the municipality of the city's Fatih district announced its plans for the renovation of the iconic maze of shops, restaurants and tea houses. The complex, which houses nearly 4,500 stores, starred in the 2012 James Bond movie, “Skyfall”. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





An elderly Ukrainian woman sells home made product in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. A World Bank report predicts the Ukrainian economy will grow by 1 percent in 2016, this is after a 12 percent reduction in 2015. It also forecasts an economic growth of 2 percent for 2017. According to the Global and Economic Prospects report: “Growth in Ukraine may start rebounding, helped by easing tensions and the IMF supported stabilization program”. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)