Manufacture of agate struggles in Yemen amid continuing war (Photos)

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A customer chooses gemstone rings inside a shop in Sana'a on July 9, 2019. The manufacture of agate in Yemen is a centuried handicraft which has been inherited from generation to generation. However, this profession has declined radically because of the war that devastated Yemen's economy and deterred tourists. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

A Yemeni craftsman works on a gemstone inside a gemstone manufacturing center in Sana'a on July 9, 2019. The manufacture of agate in Yemen is a centuried handicraft which has been inherited from generation to generation. However, this profession has declined radically because of the war that devastated Yemen's economy and deterred tourists. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

Mujahid al-Ansi, a gemstone expert and craftsman, checks a gemstone inside a gemstone manufacturing center in Sana'a on July 9, 2019. The manufacture of agate in Yemen is a centuried handicraft which has been inherited from generation to generation. However, this profession has declined radically because of the war that devastated Yemen's economy and deterred tourists. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

A Yemeni craftswoman polishes a gemstone inside a gemstone manufacturing center in Sana'a on July 9, 2019. The manufacture of agate in Yemen is a centuried handicraft which has been inherited from generation to generation. However, this profession has declined radically because of the war that devastated Yemen's economy and deterred tourists. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

Source: Xinhua