Blackout: The energy crisis looming over Europe and the rest of the world
A looming global energy crisis—triggered by the Russia Ukraine war—threatens to spiral out of control this winter as a sharp increase in tariffs and the pressure to meet climate goals fuel rising disc...
Residents of a high-rise building use mobile phones to illuminate their path as they descend the stairs in the dark during a blackout in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 20, 2022. Blacko...
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A teacher plays with children at the Kleiner Fratz child daycare center in Neukoelln on September 14, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Child daycare centers across Germany are facing rising costs f...
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A man levels the coal before covering the trailer parked outside the Sobieski coal mine in Poland. People are queueing up for days for coal at mines, following an embargo on Russian coal, w...
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An employee works in the bakehouse of the Bonert bakery in Munich, Germany, on September 15, 2022. Rising energy prices are taking a toll on German bakeries that are heavily dependent on ga...
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In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website on September 8, 2022, packed benches in the Commons chamber listen...
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Protesters Tracey Booker (left) and Pauline Jones, with dog Lizzie, at a fracking site in Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, England, on September 8, 2022. A ban on fracking in England has be...
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Indonesian students during a protest against fuel price hike in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 5, 2022. The Indonesian government raised the price of subsidised fuels by about 30 percent ...
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Lorenzo Pinamonte, owner of Hotel Nettuno, walks past electricity bills he has displayed in protest of the near-600 percent price hike in his last month’s electricity bill compared to the s...
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The Seitelo family waits for electricity to come back to finish cooking during a blackout in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 20, 2022. Blackouts reached a new level of crisis in recent ...
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Hit by unsustainable cost of living, people queue for free food at non-profit association Pane Quotidiano in Milan, Italy on August 31, 2022. According to ISTAT, Italy’s office for national...
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