Abena Osei Asare, Deputy Minister of Finance, is protected by the police at the Ministry of Finance on the second day of a demonstration over soaring living costs in Accra, Ghana, on June 29, 2022. The West African nation, reeling from a pandemic-spurred economic slump and hammered by the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine, has seen inflation surge to more than 27 percent this month – the highest level in almost two decades. (Photo by Nipah Dennis/AFP Photo)
