Feature: World's largest dates market bustles as harvest season in full swing

Vehicles loaded with dates gather at a seasonal date market in the city of Buraydah, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 29, 2019. With dates harvest season in full swing in Saudi Arabia, ample varieties of dates are filling wholesale and retail markets across the kingdom, which boasts the world's largest number of date palm trees and is the third biggest producer of fresh dates globally. (CIC/Handout via Xinhua)