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Zeina Ahmed undergoes a dialysis session at a hospital in Aden. For kidney patients like her, repeated power cuts add another layer of uncertainty to treatment that depends on a continuous electricity supply
Kidney patient Zeina Ahmed undergoes dialysis at a hospital in Aden, where repeated power cuts add uncertainty to treatment that depends on continuous electricity. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
A battery, cables and electrical devices inside a home in Aden, part of the improvised solutions families use to cope with repeated power cuts. For Ghalia Suleiman’s family, the hours when electricity returns are used to charge devices and complete household tasks before the next outage.
A battery, cables and electrical devices inside a home in Aden form part of the improvised systems families use to cope with repeated power cuts. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
Residents gather along the coast in Aden at the end of the day. For some, the sea has become a temporary escape from overheated homes during long electricity cuts. Photo: Belal Khaled
Residents gather along the coast in Aden at the end of the day, using the sea as a temporary escape from overheated homes during long power cuts. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
A resident walks through a dimly lit alley in Aden at night. During prolonged outages, light from shops, batteries and small alternative power sources becomes one of the few sources of illumination in some neighborhoods.
A resident walks through a dark alley in Aden where shops, batteries and small alternative power sources provide the only light during prolonged outages. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
Children play billiards on a table set up along a street in Aden at night. For Mohammed, Saeed and Abdullah, the street has become an important space for play and social life when heat and power cuts make staying indoors difficult.
Children play billiards on a table set up along a street in Aden. For Mohammed, Saeed and Abdullah, the street has become a key space for play and a social life when heat and power cuts make staying indoors difficult. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
An air-conditioning unit hangs outside a residential building in Aden. During the summer months, high temperatures and humidity make prolonged electricity cuts especially difficult inside homes.
An air-conditioning unit hangs outside a residential building in Aden, where high summer temperatures and humidity make prolonged power cuts especially difficult inside homes. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
Solar panels in Aden, one of the alternatives increasingly used as the public electricity supply has become less reliable. Homes, schools and hospitals rely on solar systems, batteries and generators for basic needs, though access to these alternatives varies widely.
Solar panels are one of the alternatives increasingly used as the public electricity supply has become less reliable, and homes, schools and hospitals rely on solar systems, batteries and generators for basic needs, although access to these alternatives varies widely. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
A student carrying a school bag walks through a neighborhood in Aden. Electricity cuts affect education both in overheated classrooms and at home, where studying after dark can depend on rechargeable lamps or small solar systems.
A student walks through a neighbourhood in Aden, where electricity cuts affect education in overheated classrooms and at home, where studying after dark often depends on rechargeable lamps or small solar systems. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
Children sit in darkness, their faces lit by a small screen. During power cuts, some families rely on phones, rechargeable lamps or small solar systems for light at night. Photo: Belal Khaled
Children sit in darkness, their faces lit by a small screen, as families rely on phones, rechargeable lamps or small solar systems for light during night-time power cuts. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
Two children stand beneath electricity lines in a neighborhood in Aden. During long outages, the heat inside homes pushes many children to spend more time outdoors, while families wait for power to return so they can use fans and sleep.
Two children stand beneath overhead electricity lines in a neighbourhood in Aden, where long outages and stifling heat push many children outdoors while families wait for power to return so they can use fans and sleep. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
A young man rests near the sea at night, using his phone in Aden. Some residents spend hours along the coast waiting for temperatures to ease or for electricity to return to their homes. Photo: Belal Khaled
A young man rests by the sea and uses his phone in Aden, where residents spend hours along the coast waiting for the heat to ease or for electricity to return to their homes. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
A single light illuminates part of a building in Aden at night while the surrounding area remains dark. After years of repeated electricity cuts, limited pockets of light have become a familiar part of the city’s nightscape.
A single light illuminates part of a building in Aden as limited pockets of light have become a familiar part of the city's nightscape after years of repeated power cuts. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera]
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