Children play on the bank as a ship sails on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Oct. 5, 2021. Some 13,317 vessels crossed the canal from January to August in 2021 compared with 12,482 ships a year ago, up by 6.7 percent, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
