A worker collects apricots from the trees during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker collects apricots from the trees during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker carries apricots collected from the trees during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People buy apricots during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker collects apricots from the trees during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker shows apricots collected from the trees during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A woman carries apricots to sell during the harvest season, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A man puts Qammar Eddine (apricot sweets) in a bag at a shop in Damascus, Syria, June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Workers collect apricots to make apricot juice at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Workers wash apricots at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A worker pours apricot puree on a wooden mould at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Wooden moulds containing apricot puree are seen at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Workers check apricots at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A worker pours apricot puree on a wooden mould at Qamar Eddine factory in Damascus, Syria, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Ibrahim Hazara, 70, poses for a photograph while selling apricots from his push cart at a vegetable and fruit market in Mariabad, Quetta, Pakistan, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro SEARCH "HAZARA MINORITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Apricots are pictured on a tree during the harvest season in Fey, Switzerland, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Apricots are pictured on a tree during the harvest season in Fey, Switzerland, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Apricots are pictured on a tree during the harvest season in Fey, Switzerland, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Apricots are pictured on a tree during the harvest season in Fey, Switzerland, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Apricots are pictured on a tree during the harvest season in Fey, Switzerland, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

A sister, member of the Clarisses community, handpicks apricots at the Saint Clare Monastery in Nantes, France September 7, 2017. Picture taken September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe 

An employee handpicks apricots as she works inside a factory of the Conserves Chtaura - food processing and trade company, in Qab Elias, the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher 

Employees remove the seeds of apricots as they work inside a factory of the Conserves Chtaura - food processing and trade company, in Qab Elias, the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher 

An employee handpicks apricots as she works inside a factory of the Conserves Chtaura - food processing and trade company, in Qab Elias, the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher 

Employees remove the seeds of apricots as they work inside a factory of the Conserves Chtaura - food processing and trade company, in Qab Elias, the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher 

An Apricot Parrot Tulip grows in Central Park during a spring day in New York, U.S., April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 

Apricot Beauty Tulips grow in Central Park during a spring day in New York, U.S., April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 

Apricot Beauty Tulips grow in Central Park during a spring day in New York, U.S., April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 

Workers cook apricot puree in a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 1, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) 

Wooden moulds containing apricot puree are pictured at a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 2, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

A worker pours apricot puree in a wooden mould at a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 2, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

A pot of apricot puree is being prepared in a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 1, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

Workers wash apricots in a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus May 29, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) 

A worker prepares apricot puree in a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 2, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

Workers wash apricots in a Qamar Eddine factory in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus May 29, 2014. Qamar Eddine, a classic candy-like sheet made from dried apricot puree and baked until set, can be eaten as a sweet or used as the base for fruit soups, purees and desserts. The popular product in Syria was used as a substitute for food during the blockade by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in eastern al-Ghouta. Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Bushy (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

A picture shows a piece of food served by volunteers to anti-government protesters guarding barricades during a protracted stand-off with riot police in Kiev, February 4, 2014. During the more than two months that Ukrainian anti-government protesters have been holding out in a tent camp and at barricades in central Kiev, during temperatures that frequently drop to -30 degrees Celsius, no one has been going hungry. The efficiency of the food supply system, organised by volunteers who cook up donated food and deliver it to the front line, shows an astonishing degree of self-sufficiency of the Maidan opposition movement. The barricade cuisine also shines a light on the variety of Ukrainian cuisine. The food in those pictures is displayed on pieces of plywood, that protesters use for making shields for street battles. Picture shows a Pampushky, a Ukranian Christmas doughnut, filled with poppy seeds and apricot jam. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST FOOD) 

A girl eats dried apricot, one of the only available foodstuff in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus January 20, 2014.Picture taken January 20, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

A man sells sheets of apricot-flavoured sweets in Duma, Damascus January 4, 2014. REUTERS/William Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT FOOD) 

France's President and UMP party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy (C) looks at apricot flowers as he speaks with a farmer during a campaign trip in Fabregues, southern France, March 29, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS AGRICULTURE) 

Trays of apricots are left to dry at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

Trays of apricots are left to dry at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

Trays of apricots are left to dry at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

Trays of apricots are left to dry at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

A woman removes the seeds of an apricot at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

Trays of apricots are left to dry at a private factory which produces apricot jam for the upcoming lunar new year, in Dong La village, outside Hanoi September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

A patron taps an automatic dispenser of palinka, the fiery fruit brandy native to Hungary, at the European Union (EU) Presidency Lounge of the Franz Liszt International Airport in Budapest April 28, 2011. An angular contraption in glitzy black plastic, glass and raw aluminium, the machine dispenses schnapps made of cherries, plums, and the most popular variety, apricots. It has issued almost 1,500 shots since its inauguration in February. Picture taken April 28. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-SCHNAPPSSOMAT/ REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

A patron taps an automatic dispenser of palinka, the fiery fruit brandy native to Hungary, at the European Union (EU) Presidency Lounge of the Franz Liszt International Airport in Budapest April 28, 2011. An angular contraption in glitzy black plastic, glass and raw aluminium, the machine dispenses schnapps made of cherries, plums, and the most popular variety, apricots. It has issued almost 1,500 shots since its inauguration in February. Picture taken April 28. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-SCHNAPPSSOMAT/ REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A woman drinks palinka in front of an automatic dispenser of the fiery fruit brandy native to Hungary at the European Union (EU) Presidency Lounge of the Franz Liszt International Airport in Budapest April 28, 2011. An angular contraption in glitzy black plastic, glass and raw aluminium, the machine dispenses schnapps made of cherries, plums, and the most popular variety, apricots. It has issued almost 1,500 shots since its inauguration in February. Picture taken April 28. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-SCHNAPPSSOMAT/ REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

A woman samples Palinka in front of an automatic dispenser of the fiery fruit brandy native to Hungary at the European Union (EU) Presidency Lounge of the Franz Liszt International Airport in Budapest April 28, 2011. An angular contraption in glitzy black plastic, glass and raw aluminium, the machine dispenses schnapps made of cherries, plums, and the most popular variety, apricots. It has issued almost 1,500 shots since its inauguration in February. To match Reuters Life! HUNGARY-SCHNAPPSSOMAT/ REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during the Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during a dress rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during a dress rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 28, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during a dress rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 28, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during a dress rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 28, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during semi-final two of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 27, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during semi-final two of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 27, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eva Rivas from Armenia performs her song "Apricot Stone" during semi-final two of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo May 27, 2010. Musical groups from 39 countries are competing in this year's event with the finals to be held on May 29 in Oslo. REUTERS/Bob Strong (NORWAY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)