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16 Apr 2026

''Roti Sultan'' white bread is arranged on a packing table at a home industry bakery in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on April 16, 2026. Bakers express concern over rising prices for wheat flour and plastic, influenced by the Iran-United States conflict. This home-based business produces 250 packages of white bread and burger bread per day, using 25 kilograms of wheat flour daily.

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#13582957

16 Apr 2026

Workers remove ''Roti Sultan'' white bread from a mold at a home industry bakery in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on April 16, 2026. Bakers express concern over rising prices for wheat flour and plastic, influenced by the Iran-United States conflict. This home-based business produces 250 packages of white bread and burger bread per day, using 25 kilograms of wheat flour daily.

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#13582956

16 Apr 2026

''Roti Sultan'' white bread is arranged on a packing table by a worker at a home industry bakery in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on April 16, 2026. Bakers express concern about rising prices for wheat flour and plastic, influenced by the Iran-United States conflict. This home-based business produces 250 packages of white bread and burger bread per day, using 25 kilograms of wheat flour daily.

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#13525928

1 Apr 2026

Chocolate pieces are displayed in a photo illustration in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 1, 2026. Chocolate prices in Portugal have risen over the past year, reflecting higher cocoa costs linked to supply disruptions in major producing countries.

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#13525930

1 Apr 2026

Chocolate pieces are displayed in a photo illustration in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 1, 2026. Chocolate prices in Portugal have risen over the past year, reflecting higher cocoa costs linked to supply disruptions in major producing countries.

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#13525932

1 Apr 2026

Chocolate pieces are displayed in a photo illustration in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 1, 2026. Chocolate prices in Portugal have risen over the past year, reflecting higher cocoa costs linked to supply disruptions in major producing countries.

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#13525933

1 Apr 2026

Chocolate pieces are displayed in a photo illustration in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 1, 2026. Chocolate prices in Portugal have risen over the past year, reflecting higher cocoa costs linked to supply disruptions in major producing countries.

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#13502440

27 Mar 2026

Packed Kinley drinking water bottles are seen in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 27, 2026. The conflict in Iran has led to an 11% increase in the price of bottled water in India due to rising costs of plastic bottles and caps, offsetting the benefit of a lower water tax rate announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few months ago.

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#13004074

19 Nov 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot press (VHP-8001500-50T), manufactured by Samyang Ceratech, to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment densifies and controls the microstructure of high-performance ceramics, composites, and structural materials under high-temperature and high-pressure inert gas conditions. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that would otherwise be unable to acquire it.

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#13004077

19 Nov 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot press (VHP-8001500-50T), manufactured by Samyang Ceratech, to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment densifies and controls the microstructure of high-performance ceramics, composites, and structural materials under high-temperature and high-pressure inert gas conditions. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that would otherwise be unable to acquire it.

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#13004076

19 Nov 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot isostatic press (HIP, AIP36-72-29H), manufactured by American Isostatic Presses (AIP), to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment, valued at approximately 5.5 billion won (about $3.75 million), applies uniform pressure using inert gas in a high-temperature environment to produce near-theoretical-density ceramic materials and components with minimal deformation. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that cannot afford to own it independently.

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#12657653

18 Aug 2025

The village of Kakstan, once a miners' residential area, is now an open-air museum in Malmberget. Following the mine's expansion and the railway's completion in 1888, there is a surge of workers arriving from across the country, leading to a housing shortage. In response, miners build simple wooden houses from waste materials. The entire Malmberget town moves in 2020/2021 due to mining activities in the area. Underground mining is cost-effective and enables a high level of mechanization and automation. However, it causes deformations in the surface ground that, beyond a certain threshold, can render it impossible to maintain any infrastructure or residential areas in those locations.

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#12657654

18 Aug 2025

The village of Kakstan, once a miners' residential area, is now an open-air museum in Malmberget. Following the mine's expansion and the railway's completion in 1888, there is a surge of workers arriving from across the country, leading to a housing shortage. In response, miners build simple wooden houses from waste materials. The entire Malmberget town moves in 2020/2021 due to mining activities in the area. Underground mining is cost-effective and enables a high level of mechanization and automation. However, it causes deformations in the surface ground that, beyond a certain threshold, can render it impossible to maintain any infrastructure or residential areas in those locations.

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#12559709

16 Jul 2025

Construction for the addition to a home takes place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 6, 2025.

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#12559715

16 Jul 2025

Construction for the addition to a home takes place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 6, 2025.

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#12496075

22 Jun 2025

The construction site of the Stuttgart 21 railway infrastructure project shows visible scaffolding and construction activity in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on June 21, 2025. Stuttgart 21 is a major transportation and urban development initiative that involves the redesign of Stuttgart's main train station and its integration into the European high-speed rail network.

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