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A man attempts to retrieve some belongings by breaking through a window of the burning Lome's Grand Marche late on Jan. 11, in Lome, Togo. Crowds of people filled the streets surrounding the multi-story structure, as a few vendors entered the burning building to save their goods.
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Afghan men guide firefighters after a huge fire swept through a market in Kabul on Dec. 23.
A huge fire swept through a market in downtown Kabul, Dec. 23, destroying hundreds of shops and forcing the city's nearby money exchange to evacuate. There were no reports of any casualties in the early morning blaze which destroyed most of the cloth market's 500 shops, Kabul fire department officials told AFP.
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An Afghan man walks through the area of a fire that swept through a market in Kabul, Dec. 23.
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Afghan policemen and fire fighters investigate the scene of a burning market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 23.
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Pigeons sit on the roof of a vegetable shop in Hyderabad, India, Sept. 29.
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Vegetable market vendors pull back awnings and their produce off a railway track to allow a cross-country train to dissect through the middle of the town of Maeklong, in Samut Songkhram province, 37 miles west of Bangkok on August 16, 2012.
The bustling market, in the middle of the town, has to scramble from the tracks eight times a day as trains pass.
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Dozens of people sift through remains of their stores after a fire swept through a market in Lima, Peru on Friday. The fire destroyed at least 500 stores, no casualties were reported.
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People sift through remains of their store after the fire.
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A man pours water on smoldering remains of a store.
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Afghan livestock merchant, Mohammed Sher, 55, with his sheep displayed for sale for the upcoming Eid-al-Adha festival, in an open market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 4.
The Eid-al-Adha begins at sunset on Sunday.
This looks like a good way to develop accuracy when it comes to batting and bowling.
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Pakistani youths play cricket at a closed spare parts market in Lahore on June 19. The International Monetary Fund has urged Pakistan to take further steps to curb inflation and buffer the economic shocks of higher oil prices.
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Vendors select potatoes at Nakasero market on May 14, in central Kampala. Newly sworn in for a fourth elected term, President Yoweri Museveni derided Uganda's political opposition as divisive opportunists during his inauguration on May 12, while also trying to soothe public anger over rising food and fuel prices that have triggered violent protests recently. Top opposition leader Kizza Besigye over the last month has been leading "walk-to-work" protests over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption.
I like the warmth and texture of this image.
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A woman walks past a cosmetics stand amid a pile of smouldering garbage in Port-au-Prince March 21, 2011. The United Nations urged Haitians on Monday to calmly wait for the first results due next week of Sunday's presidential run-off, saying the earthquake-battered nation's democratic future was at stake.
At first glance it wasn't clear to me which items are garbage and which are for sale - sorting it out makes the picture interesting.
Mukesh Gupta / Reuters
A woman vendor carries white radish for sale at a vegetable market in Jammu, Jan. 18. India battled double-digit inflation through most of 2010, the highest rate of any major Asian economy. Spiralling food and fuel prices have damaged voter confidence in the government led by the Congress Party and highlighted stresses in the multi-party coalition.
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Indians gather around stalls at a vegetable market in Ahmadabad, India, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.
According to the AP: Food inflation hit its highest level in a year last month at 18.32 percent, compounding the hardships of India's hundreds of millions living in poverty.
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A child is reflected in a shop window adorned with Christmas decorations near the Christmas market in downtown Munich, Germany, Dec. 18. Every year, Germany's traditional markets draw millions of visitors, both local and foreign, and run until noon on December 24.
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