Labourers pack lentils at a distribution point for internally displaced persons in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province October 29, 2009.

A vendor sits in an alley in Herat.
A vendor sits in an alley in Herat.
An Afghan vendor counts his money in a local traditional bazaar in Herat.
It's a hard life if you don't weaken...........