A tourist walks into a souvenir shop with no lights on in Ronda in Spain’s Malaga province.
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People queue for an ATM in the centre of Lisbon, Portugal’s capital.
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Passengers wait beside a stopped high-speed train near Córdoba in southern Spain.
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People wait at a bus stop at Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles as trains went out of service.
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A traffic jam in front of Madrid’s Atocha train station during the outage.
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A policeman tries to keep people calm as they queue for buses in Madrid.
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Crowds of people wait outside Barcelona Sants station, the city’s biggest train station.
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A street lies in darkness except for the light from passing cars in Vigo, Spain.
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Travellers sit on the stairs as they prepare to spend the night at the Atocha train station in Madrid.
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The 25 de Abril Bridge over the Tagus river in Lisbon during the blackout.
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People walking with their dog using flashlights during the power cut in Barcelona.
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A tram being towed in Lisbon after the lights were restored.
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A traveller tries to get reception inside the crowded Barcelona Sants train station.
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A couple walks past an electrical substation in Burgos, Spain.
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Lisbon’s Rua Augusta comes back to life after the lights were restored
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