People queue outside a bakery to buy government-subsidised traditional pita bread in Cairo on August 17, 2026. Egypt removed 850,000 people from its subsidy system since June, according to the supply ministry, as part of reforms that will reportedly exclude millions more in 2027. The measures aim to cut the cost of one of the world's largest food subsidy programmes, as Egypt pursues International Monetary Fund-backed reforms. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman carries plastic bags filled with cooking oil, sugar, pasta, and other rations she bought using her government-subsidised family ration-card, in Cairo on August 17, 2026. Egypt removed 850,000 people from its subsidy system since June, according to the supply ministry, as part of reforms that will reportedly exclude millions more in 2027. The measures aim to cut the cost of one of the world's largest food subsidy programmes, as Egypt pursues International Monetary Fund-backed reforms. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP via Getty Images)

A truck moves waste in a Re-Tem factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area in Ota on September 10, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee of Re-Tem, a factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, operates a crane as they sort waste in Ota on September 10, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Shredded metal waste is seen on a conveyor belt at Re-Tem, a factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, in Ota on September 10, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees of Re-Tem, a factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, take apart robot vacuums in Ota on September 10, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee of Re-Tem, a factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, sorts through waste in Ota on September 10, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee of Re-Tem, a factory specializing in recycling metal and other types of industrial waste from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, operates a crane as they sort waste in Ota on September 10, 2026, as planes are seen at Haneda International airport. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)