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A massive power cut has caused widespread disruption in parts of Spain and Portugal, with airports, trains and petrol stations impacted.
The chaos has also hit stores, with some supermarkets shutting and local grocery stores switching to cash as card payments stopped working.
Here we collect some of the day’s most powerful news photographs.
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The outage forced play to be suspended for the day at the Madrid Open
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Supermarkets were forced to shut due to their doors and air conditioning running on electricity
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As card payments switched off, people queued at cash machines in Lisbon
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Access to spaces like this underground parking garage in Vigo, Spain, was affected
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People collected gas bottles to use as an alternative to electricity during the outage
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Spain’s national rail company, Renfe, said trains – and passengers – would be heavily impacted
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Commuters scrambled to secure places on buses, even as traffic mounted on roads
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Spain’s transport minister said it was not likely medium or long-distance trains would resume normal service on Monday
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With traffic lights impacted, scenes of chaos were seen in large cities, including Madrid, as vehicles and pedestrians tried to navigate the roads
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With public transport in disarray and despite huge traffic jams, some people were seen trying to hitchhike home from the Spanish capital
Picture research by Nick Galvin and words by Amy Walker
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