With its crimson skin studded with green feelers, the egg-sized fruit bears more than a passing resemblance to a coronavirus. A seller showing the inside of a rambutan at Talad Thai, Bangkok’s wholesale fruit market and the largest in Southeast Asia, on Jun 10, 2020. The fruits at Talad Thai are often transported and peeled by migrants from neighboring Cambodia or Myanmar. A worker wears thick gloves while handling durians at Talad Thai, Bangkok’s wholesale fruit market and the largest in Southeast Asia, on Jun 10, 2020. Thai exports of the fruit are mostly destined for China, where consumers tend to be more willing to work for their meals.

Source: bd News24 June 22, 2020 23:48 UTC