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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tea Garden Workers - India

A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at a plantation in Golaghat, Assam, India on August 9, 2025. Assam’s tea gardens employ nearly a million workers, mostly from tribal communities, across 850 estates, producing more than half of India’s total tea output in an industry that is 172 years old. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

A farm worker is seen showing the boundaries of plantation land from colonial times that have survived to this day alongside the cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) area in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women Workers Of Tea Garden - India

A child sleeps inside a red cloth hammock tied between two trees in a tea garden in Nagaon, India on April 9, 2025. The scarf is used to collect tea leaves and now serves as a makeshift cradle for a plantation worker’s child. Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women Workers Of Tea Garden - India

A worker’s hand reaches through the leaves to pluck tea in Nagaon, India on April 9, 2025. Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries harvested tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker harvests tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker prepares organic fertilizer at a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks crop growth in a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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COLOMBIA-YACUANQUER-HIGH ALTITUDE-COFFEE PLANTATION

(231202) -- YACUANQUER, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker displays naturally fermented coffee beans at a coffee plantation in Yacuanquer of Narino Province, Colombia, Dec. 1, 2023. La Floresta, a coffee plantation that is over 2,280 meters above sea level in Yacuanquer, has tens of thousands of coffee trees growing on volcanic ash soil. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping)

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COLOMBIA-YACUANQUER-HIGH ALTITUDE-COFFEE PLANTATION

(231202) -- YACUANQUER, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker weeds out for coffee trees at a coffee plantation in Yacuanquer of Narino Province, Colombia, Dec. 1, 2023. La Floresta, a coffee plantation that is over 2,280 meters above sea level in Yacuanquer, has tens of thousands of coffee trees growing on volcanic ash soil. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping)

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COLOMBIA-YACUANQUER-HIGH ALTITUDE-COFFEE PLANTATION

(231202) -- YACUANQUER, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker gets rid of unnecessary plants which hinder growth of coffee trees at a coffee plantation in Yacuanquer of Narino Province, Colombia, Dec. 1, 2023. La Floresta, a coffee plantation that is over 2,280 meters above sea level in Yacuanquer, has tens of thousands of coffee trees growing on volcanic ash soil. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping)

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COLOMBIA-YACUANQUER-HIGH ALTITUDE-COFFEE PLANTATION

(231202) -- YACUANQUER, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker picks up coffee beans at a coffee plantation in Yacuanquer of Narino Province, Colombia, Dec. 1, 2023. La Floresta, a coffee plantation that is over 2,280 meters above sea level in Yacuanquer, has tens of thousands of coffee trees growing on volcanic ash soil. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping)

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Indonesia In Pictures

A worker seen during harvesting a palm oil plantation in Bahorok, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia on July 24, 2023. According to Refinitiv, CPO prices in the early trading session were observed to have slightly strengthened 0.02% to MYR 4,047 per ton at 08:00am. With this strengthening, it was successful in bringing CPO prices to the level of 3,400 to the highest level on March 16, 2023. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

A worker seen during harvesting a palm oil plantation in Bahorok, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia on July 24, 2023. According to Refinitiv, CPO prices in the early trading session were observed to have slightly strengthened 0.02% to MYR 4,047 per ton at 08:00am. With this strengthening, it was successful in bringing CPO prices to the level of 3,400 to the highest level on March 16, 2023. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

A worker seen during harvesting a palm oil plantation in Bahorok, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia on July 24, 2023. According to Refinitiv, CPO prices in the early trading session were observed to have slightly strengthened 0.02% to MYR 4,047 per ton at 08:00am. With this strengthening, it was successful in bringing CPO prices to the level of 3,400 to the highest level on March 16, 2023. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia In Pictures

A buffalo and a worker are seen sending palm fruit for sale after the harvest process at a plantation in Bahorok, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia on July 24, 2023. According to Refinitiv, CPO prices at the start of the trading session were observed to have slightly strengthened 0.02% to MYR 4,047 per tonne at 08:00 WIB. This strengthening succeeded in bringing CPO prices to the level of 3,400 to its highest level on March 16, 2023. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDONESIA-ACEH UTARA-PALM OIL FRUIT-HARVEST

(230624) -- ACEH, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker unloads palm oil fruits with a cart at a plantation in Aceh Utara district, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Fachrul Reza/Xinhua)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker dries harvested tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-DANLI-ECONOMY-TOBACCO-CIGARS

(230509) -- DANLI, May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker harvests tobacco leaves for cigars at a plantation in Danli, Honduras, May 8, 2023. Honduras is one of the leading cigar-making countries in the world. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks crop growth in a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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HONDURAS-MARCALA-COFFEE

(230507) -- MARCALA, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker prepares organic fertilizer at a coffee plantation in Marcala, Honduras, on May 6, 2023. Honduras' natural conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation and it is one of the major coffee exporters in Central America. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PU'AN COUNTY-TEA PLANTATION (CN)

(230223) -- PU'AN, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker displays boxes of tea in Pu'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 22, 2023. As one of the major tea-producing counties in Guizhou, Pu'an County now has tea gardens with an area of 125,000 mu (about 8,333.3 hectares). Over 70,000 local farmers have benefited from the tea industry. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PU'AN COUNTY-TEA PLANTATION (CN)

(230223) -- PU'AN, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker loads boxes of tea to be exported to a vehicle in Pu'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 22, 2023. As one of the major tea-producing counties in Guizhou, Pu'an County now has tea gardens with an area of 125,000 mu (about 8,333.3 hectares). Over 70,000 local farmers have benefited from the tea industry. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PU'AN COUNTY-TEA PLANTATION (CN)

(230223) -- PU'AN, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker processes tea leaves in Pu'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 23, 2023. As one of the major tea-producing counties in Guizhou, Pu'an County now has tea gardens with an area of 125,000 mu (about 8,333.3 hectares). Over 70,000 local farmers have benefited from the tea industry. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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Cameroon farmers spice up their lives with pepper production

STORY: Cameroon farmers spice up their lives with pepper production DATELINE: Jan. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a pepper plantation in Penja of Cameroon 2. various of workers busy harvesting pepper fruits 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): RICHARD MEDJIOTOU MIEGHU, Owner of a pepper plantation 4. various of Jean Claude Tazune, another owner of a pepper plantation, working on his farm 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JEAN CLAUDE TAZUNE, Owner of a pepper plantation 6. various of workers busy harvesting pepper fruits 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): NOELLA DION, Hairdresser and seasonal worker 8. various of workers storing the bags of pepper in a container filled with water to promote skin decay 9. various of workers rinsing decayed fruit skin and drying the seeds under the sun 10. various of a nursery of peppers STORYLINE: The Njombe-Penja sub-division in Cameroon's Littoral region is rich in volcanic soil, where there are lots of large plantations among which the pepper plant

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Darjeeling tea plantation

DARJEELING, India - Photo shows a worker picking tea in Darjeeling, India, on Nov. 1, 2013.

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Chinese agripreneur providing new lease of life to Kenya's dryland communities

STORY: Chinese agripreneur providing new lease of life to Kenya's dryland communities DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TERESIA MUTUA, Farm worker 3. various of the farm 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI CHANGHONG, Director of Eshine Agricultural Planting Company Limited STORYLINE: Located about 85 km southeast of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Li Changhong's 25-acre Moringa plantation has withstood a prolonged dry spell to retain some luster. The expansive farm that sits next to the busy highway connecting Nairobi to the port city of Mombasa, is a cherished getaway for the Chinese agripreneur who defied naysayers to introduce Moringa and Aloe Vera farming in a region renowned for acute droughts. The Moringa and Aloe Vera farm has not only thrived in the face of extreme weather events but has also provided steady income flows to the local workforce. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TERESIA MUTUA, Farm worker "I send m

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JUXIAN COUNTY-CUT FLOWER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(221012) -- JINAN, Oct. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker arranges a bunch of roses at a rose plantation of a modern agricultural industrial park in Zhaoxian Town, Juxian County of east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2022. Zhaoxian Town is a cut flower production base in Shandong. The local cut flower industry has developed well in recent years and become a leading industry. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JUXIAN COUNTY-CUT FLOWER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(221012) -- JINAN, Oct. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker packs roses at a rose plantation of a modern agricultural industrial park in Zhaoxian Town, Juxian County of east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2022. Zhaoxian Town is a cut flower production base in Shandong. The local cut flower industry has developed well in recent years and become a leading industry. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JUXIAN COUNTY-CUT FLOWER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(221012) -- JINAN, Oct. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks the package of roses at a rose plantation of a modern agricultural industrial park in Zhaoxian Town, Juxian County of east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2022. Zhaoxian Town is a cut flower production base in Shandong. The local cut flower industry has developed well in recent years and become a leading industry. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JUXIAN COUNTY-CUT FLOWER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(221012) -- JINAN, Oct. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker picks roses at a rose plantation of a modern agricultural industrial park in Zhaoxian Town, Juxian County of east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2022. Zhaoxian Town is a cut flower production base in Shandong. The local cut flower industry has developed well in recent years and become a leading industry. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

The worker's of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Hands of Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly without health insurance, as Alwan explanation. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly without health insurance, as Alwan explanation. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

The worker's of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly without health insurance, as Alwan explanation. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

The worker's of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly without health insurance, as Alwan explanation. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly without health insurance, as Alwan explanation. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palm Oil Indursty in Indonesia

Alwan, 52, a freelance worker of The Malaysian palm oil plantation company's, Kepong seen during harvesting time in the plabtation area were bordering the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as Bukit Lawang ecotourism in Langkat district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on June 22, 2021. Alwan payed on rate $34,6 USD monthly. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM