Nigel Cattlin / Red chili peppers (Capsicum sp) at food market. Bangkok, Thailand.

David Tipling / Chili peppers (Capsicum sp) for sale at produce market. Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 2018.

Matthew Maran / Red bell pepper on white background.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Chilli peppers at market, Chitwan National Park, Inner Terai lowlands, Nepal.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chili mill in front of a Chili sales stands grounding chilies into powder, Old Town Muslim quarters, Xian City, Shaanxi, China, April 2018.

Ernie Janes / Scotch bonnet chilli peppers (Capsicum sp) fruit.

Ernie Janes / Chilli peppers (Capsicum sp) F1 'loco'.

Ernie Janes / Chilli Pepper (Capsicum) 'Apache' growing in greenhouse

Juan Carlos Munoz / Dried chilli in farmers' market, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, March 2016.

Pete Oxford / Peppers in vegetable market, Biak Island, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Chilli peppers for sale in market, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chilli peppers in market, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.