Photo taken on July 13, 2019 shows a silk production factory in Herat province, Afghanistan. Sericulture in Afghanistan's western Herat province is a branch of agriculture that used to be flourishing but has faced serious stagnation due to persistent conflicts in the country in recent years. However, Afghanistan is now making an effort to renew the sericulture industry and produce silk in the province, to once again reinvigorate silk trade between the country's western province and neighboring China. (Xinhua/Elaha Sahel)