In this May 31, 2016 photo, pieces of watermelon litter the trash area of the Coche public market in Caracas, Venezuela. Staples such as corn flour and cooking oil are subsidized, costing pennies at the strongest of two official exchange rates. But fruit and vegetables have become an unaffordable luxury for many Venezuelan families. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

A police officer carries a woman who fainted while gathering to try to buy pasta outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela, June 10, 2016. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

A street vendor sells sliced fruits during a pro-government rally in Caracas, Venezuela, June 21, 2016. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

A spider monkey eats a mango at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo, Venezuela July 22, 2016. Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken South American nation. (Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters)

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, with a doll depicting late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on his hat, reacts as he stands at the Plaza Bolivar near the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)

An anti-government protester shouts at a police officer in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro will attempt to march to the Supreme Court to protest its decision to gut the opposition-controlled congress of its powers, a ruling that was quickly rescinded under a barrage of international criticism but that set off weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozens killed. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

A woman receives money at a food stand using the light of her mobile phone during a power outage affecting Caracas and other regions of the country, in Caracas, Venezuela on August 30, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)

A Japanese girl poses in a costume at a Chara Fes (character festival) event on October 26, 2003 in Tokyo. Cosplay (costume play) is becoming popular among Japanese youths, whereby participants dress up as their favourite characters from comics, computer games and animation. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)