Vendors brave cold nights at Nakasero market due to lockdown
A vendor braves the rain next to his items to be sold at Nakasero Market in Kampala, Uganda, on June 30, 2021. Under a strict 42-day coronavirus lockdown imposed on June 18, 2021 vendors at Nakasero market in downtown Kampala were allowed to keep trading -- if they agreed not to return home and sleep where they worked. PHOTOS / AFP
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Abu Kikomeko (L), her sister Rebecca Nakyanzi (R) and mother Glades Ssebwira (C), all vendors, pose for a photo before sleeping next to their items to be sold at Nakasero Market in Kampala, Uganda, on June 29, 2021.
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Vendors sleep under mosquito nets next to their items to be sold at Nakasero Market in Kampala, Uganda, on June 30, 2021
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Vendors sleep next to their items to be sold at Nakasero Market in Kampala, Uganda, on June 30, 2021.
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Vendors sleep next to their items to be sold at Nakasero Market in Kampala, Uganda, on June 30, 2021.
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A police officer chases a vendor off the streets in Kampala, Uganda, on June 25, 2021, as Ugandan police officers patrol to enforce new Covid-19 lockdown restriction
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Police officers ask a vendor to leave the street in Kampala, Uganda, on June 25, 2021, as Ugandan police officers patrol to enforce new Covid-19 lockdown restrictions