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Palestinians living in the Israeli-blockaded enclave of Gaza have long endured an unstable and costly electricity supply, so Yasser al-Hajj found a different way: solar power. This picture taken on September 6, 2022 shows an aerial view of solar panels placed atop a bakery building used to power it, in Gaza City in the Palestinian enclave. Although the solar energy powers the bright bulbs which illuminate the bustling bakery, crucially, the ovens still run on diesel. For Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, power cuts are a daily occurrence with the lights frequently going out everywhere from homes to hospitals. While some...
