People cross a street in front of an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 19, 2026. (AFP)
The oil tankers Tataki (Liberia-flagged) and Maran Aspasia (Greece-flagged) filling while docked at Al-Basrah Oil Terminal, 50 kilometers in the Gulf waters offshore of Iraq's southern Faw peninsula, August 5, 2025. (AFP)