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Illustration - Iranian Rial vs US Dollar A Currency in Crisis

A shopkeeper uses a digital tablet behind the counter inside a store at the Neyshabur Gold Market in Neyshabur, Iran, on December 31, 2025. The Iranian Rial has fallen to record lows against the US dollar, leading many citizens to invest in gold as a safe asset to protect their savings from high inflation. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Iranian Rial vs US Dollar A Currency in Crisis

A customer points to a piece of gold jewelry through the shop window to guide the shopkeeper inside at the Neyshabur Gold Market in Neyshabur, Iran, on December 31, 2025. The Iranian Rial has fallen to record lows against the US dollar, leading many citizens to invest in gold as a safe asset to protect their savings from high inflation. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Iranian Rial vs US Dollar A Currency in Crisis

A shopkeeper counts Iranian Rial banknotes at his store in the Historic Traditional Bazaar of Neyshabur in Neyshabur, Iran, on December 31, 2025. Iran has grappled with persistent high inflation and a sharp depreciation of the national currency, the Rial, due to the cumulative effects of international sanctions and domestic economic instability. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Iranian Rial vs US Dollar A Currency in Crisis

A shopkeeper checks his mobile phone inside a jewelry store at the Neyshabur Gold Market in Neyshabur, Iran, on December 31, 2025. The Iranian Rial has fallen to record lows against the US dollar, leading many citizens to invest in gold as a safe asset to protect their savings from high inflation. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Iranian Rial vs US Dollar A Currency in Crisis

A shopkeeper displays a 1,000 Iranian Rial banknote at his store in the Historic Traditional Bazaar of Neyshabur, Iran, on December 31, 2025. Iran has grappled with persistent high inflation and a sharp depreciation of the national currency, the Rial, due to the cumulative effects of international sanctions and domestic economic instability. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bazaar of Rasht - Iran

An elderly shopkeeper sits surrounded by a dense collection of clocks, photographs, fans, and old memorabilia in his repair and antique shop at Rasht’s bazaar, northern Iran, May 29, 2023. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bazaar of Rasht - Iran

An elderly shopkeeper sits surrounded by a dense collection of clocks, photographs, fans, and old memorabilia in his repair and antique shop at Rasht’s bazaar, northern Iran, May 29, 2023. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 18TH DISTRICT. SHOPKEEPER IN A BAZAAR-DRUGSTORE ON RUE CUSTINE IN MONTMARTRE Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tropical Fruits Market - Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 13, 2025 Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tropical Fruits Market - Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 13, 2025 Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tropical Fruits Market - Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 13, 2025 Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tropical Fruits Market - Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 13, 2025 Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Gaza

A shopkeeper arranges canned goods and supplies at her small store in Gaza on March 8, 2025. Despite widespread destruction, residents continue daily life. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inflation Drops To Lowest In Nearly A Decade In Pakistan

A shopkeeper packs snacks at a shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 4, 2025. Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) inflation dropped to 1.5 percent in February 2025, down from 2.4 percent in January and 23.1 percent in the same month last year, official statistics revealed on Monday. Photo by Daniyal Khan Jadoon/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraq Holds First National Census In Nearly 40 years

Census workers collect data from a shopkeeper in a local market during the nationwide survey in Najaf, November 21, 2024. The operation involves 120,000 researchers collecting data from households across all governorates. Photo by Sajad Harsh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dates For Sale - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale, shopkeeper Waiting for customer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran Is Holding Snap Presidential Elections - Qom

An Iranian shopkeeper attends his shop in Qom, Iran on June 20, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. People in Iran are increasingly showing less interest in casting their vote in the snap presidential election scheduled on June 28 after the disqualification of several candidates by the country's religious Guardian Council. Voter turnouts have hit historically low numbers in elections in recent years as Iran's hardliners increasingly interfere by eliminating candidates who have distanced themselves from the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran Memorial Of Late Presiden Raisi - Tehran

An Iranian shopkeeper holds a fabric panel with photo of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a shop in the Grand Bazaar in southern Tehran, Iran, on May 23, 2024. Raisi and his entourage accompanied by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, died in a helicopter crash while on the way back from an official trip in the dense forest of Dizmar between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azerbaijan province of Iran on May 19, 2024. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar Tour

URUMQI, CHINA - MAY 24, 2024 - A shopkeeper adjusts Musical Instruments for visitors at a musical instrument shop in Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China, May 24, 2024.

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Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar Tour

URUMQI, CHINA - MAY 24, 2024 - A shopkeeper adjusts Musical Instruments for visitors at a musical instrument shop at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, China, May 24, 2024.

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a vegetable market with a huge amount of supply ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 11, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 11, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a spice shop with extra stock ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 9, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a vegetable market with a huge amount of supply ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 11, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a spice shop with extra stock ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 9, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 11, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 11, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 11, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a spice shop with extra stock ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 9, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a vegetable market with a huge amount of supply ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 11, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A shopkeeper is seen at a vegetable market with a huge amount of supply ahead of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 11, 2024. Prices for essential food items continue to rise in the South Asian country ahead of Ramadan with consumers blaming the government for not keeping costs in check. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ramadan Preparations - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi shopkeeper is displaying dates for sale ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 11, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BRAZIL-MINAS GERAIS-BELO HORIZONTE-CENTRAL MARKET

(240125) -- BELO HORIZONTE, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A shopkeeper makes decorations at the Central Market of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Jan. 24, 2024. The Central Market of Belo Horizonte, which was established in 1929, is located in the heart of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. With over 400 stalls, the market offers a variety of goods, including fresh products, handicrafts, souvenirs, and local culinary specialties. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)

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INDONESIA-BANDUNG-FLOOD

(240112) -- BANDUNG, Jan. 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A shopkeeper stands in front of his shop after heavy rain and the overflow of a river, in Dayeuhkolot of Bandung, Indonesia, Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

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Chinese-built road paves way to better life for Afghans

STORY: Chinese-built road paves way to better life for Afghans SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): ZAHIDULLAH, Taxi driver 3. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): QURISHI BADLON, Public relations officer of Nangarhar province 5. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): LAL MOHAMMAD, Shopkeeper 7. various of the China-built road and street scenes in Nangarhar Province, east Afghanistan STORYLINE: A Chinese-constructed road in Afghanistan has greatly improved local people's lives and facilitated transportation and business activities. The newly completed 45-km-long road runs from Jalalabad, the capital of east Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, to south

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