In South China, nearly a thousand miles from the civil war areas, rice rose from eighteen million dollars to thirty-six million dollars a picul within a few days.
It's playing a major role in the civil war of neighboring Yemen, with Saudi Arabia leading international airstrikes, targeting rebels who were supported by Iran and trying to take control of Yemen.
The Middle Eastern country civil war heated up in 2015 and the U.N. says that at least 7,000 civilians have been killed since then with thousands more injured.
The aim is to generate nine billion dollars to help Syrians uprooted by the country's long running civil war. Imogen Foulkes has more details in this report.
Last show of the week takes us to eastern Africa where the nation of Ethiopia is being torn apart by civil war and the nations around it are calling for a ceasefire.
It's supposed to be what's called a de-escalation zone, meaning an area where civilians can live without being targeted by anyone fighting in Syria's civil war.