People sit and wait as motorists queue to fill up their cars at a petrol station in Niamey on October 18, 2026. The gasoline shortage affecting several cities in Niger has reached the capital, Niamey, where lines stretched out in front of gas stations on October 18. Since July 2023, Niger has been ruled by a military regime that champions sovereignty, particularly over the country's mineral resources, including its oil production. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Motorcyclists queue to fill up their motorbikes at a petrol station in Niamey on October 18, 2026. The gasoline shortage affecting several cities in Niger has reached the capital, Niamey, where lines stretched out in front of gas stations on October 18. Since July 2023, Niger has been ruled by a military regime that champions sovereignty, particularly over the country's mineral resources, including its oil production. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Motorists queue to fill up their cars at a petrol station in Niamey on October 18, 2026. The gasoline shortage affecting several cities in Niger has reached the capital, Niamey, where lines stretched out in front of gas stations on October 18. Since July 2023, Niger has been ruled by a military regime that champions sovereignty, particularly over the country's mineral resources, including its oil production. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Motorists queue to fill up their cars at a petrol station in Niamey on October 18, 2026. The gasoline shortage affecting several cities in Niger has reached the capital, Niamey, where lines stretched out in front of gas stations on October 18. Since July 2023, Niger has been ruled by a military regime that champions sovereignty, particularly over the country's mineral resources, including its oil production. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

A Buddhist monk walks past a Nike store in Bengaluru on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan workers unload goods from a truck at a market in Kandahar on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP via Getty Images)

An Afghan vendor waits for customers at his bakery shop along a street in Kandahar on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP via Getty Images)

Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin (L) attends the signing ceremony for the Vietnam-EFTA Free Trade Agreement (VEFTA) in Hanoi on October 18, 2026. Vietnam and four European nations that are not EU members signed a free trade agreement in Hanoi on October 18, with the parties seeking to diversify their markets as US tariffs disrupt global commerce. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)