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Dyed in the wool

Aug 5, 2010

The yarn salesmen have set up shop off to the edge of the open-air market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

streetscape Addis Ababa Ethiopia market (Image credit: Carol Stack)

Sun Sets on the Souk

Apr 23, 2014

Up the road a ways past Casablanca in Morocco is the ancient Berber city of Marrakech, famed for its gardens and palaces and especially for its sprawling, labyrinthine markets.

Click on the picture to, um, biggenize it, to glimpse what's on display in this souk and also, perhaps, to check the accuracy of our unofficial count: mounted on rooftops visible here are at least 104 satellite dishes.

landscape cityscape birdseye view sunset market Morocco Marrakech North Africa souk (Image credit: Trey Ratcliff via Stuck in Customs)

Cigar

May 29, 2014

Smoke break at the marketplace in Bagan, Myanmar.

"The people are too poor to buy real cigarettes or cigars," noted the photographer. "There are many vendors in the market selling cigarettes or cigars made from local plants, mixed in with a little tobacco, rolled in local leaves. My guess is that smoking is not their biggest health hazard."

streetscape market Burma Myanmar Pagan smoke (Image credit: Carol Fuchs)