Friday Photo: The candy man can
SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images An Afghan laborer makes sweets at a traditional candy factory in the old city of Kabul, on Jan. 30, 2008. It is estimated that as much as 80 percent of Afghanistan’s economic activity is undertaken by similarly informal workers.
SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images
An Afghan laborer makes sweets at a traditional candy factory in the old city of Kabul, on Jan. 30, 2008. It is estimated that as much as 80 percent of Afghanistan’s economic activity is undertaken by similarly informal workers.
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