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epa10497424 A woman sews tobacco leaves for their subsequent drying process in the Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio province, western Cuba, 28 February 2023 (issued 01 March 2023). In 2022, international sales of Cuban tobacco cigars, one of the island's main export products, increased slightly amid the worst economic crisis in the country in three decades and farmers's recovery efforts after the devastating passage of Hurricane Ian. EPA/Ernesto Mastrascusa