Police personnel fire tear gas shells as garment workers (back) block a road during a protest calling for higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 1, 2026. Bangladesh formed a new board on November 1, to review the minimum wage for garment workers, as authorities sought to quell protests that have disrupted key industrial hubs around Dhaka. (Photo by SHAMIM-US-SALEHIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Garment workers block a road during a protest calling for higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 1, 2026. Bangladesh formed a new board on November 1, to review the minimum wage for garment workers, as authorities sought to quell protests that have disrupted key industrial hubs around Dhaka. (Photo by SHAMIM-US-SALEHIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Police personnel manage the crowd as garment workers block a road during a protest calling for higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 1, 2026. Bangladesh formed a new board on November 1, to review the minimum wage for garment workers, as authorities sought to quell protests that have disrupted key industrial hubs around Dhaka. (Photo by SHAMIM-US-SALEHIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Garment workers block a road during a protest calling for higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 1, 2026. Bangladesh formed a new board on November 1, to review the minimum wage for garment workers, as authorities sought to quell protests that have disrupted key industrial hubs around Dhaka. (Photo by SHAMIM-US-SALEHIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Garment workers block a road during a protest calling for higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 1, 2026. Bangladesh formed a new board on November 1, to review the minimum wage for garment workers, as authorities sought to quell protests that have disrupted key industrial hubs around Dhaka. (Photo by SHAMIM-US-SALEHIN / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - This picture taken early on October 20, 2026, shows a wind turbine during sunrise in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows a pupil writing on the classroom board as a teacher (L) and other students watch at her primary school in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, near Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on October 19, 2026, shows a motorist driving along a road in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA