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Spain and Portugal power chaos - in pictures

News imageEPA A group of commuters in shadow leave a dark subway station in MadridEPA

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.

News imageReuters General view of an empty court as the tennis matches get suspended due to the power outage at the Madrid OpenReuters
The outage forced play to be suspended for the day at the Madrid Open
News imageGetty Images A person shops at a supermarket using the torch on a phoneGetty Images
Supermarkets were forced to shut due to their doors and air conditioning running on electricity
News imageAFP People queue for the ATM at downtown LisbonAFP
As card payments switched off, people queued at cash machines in Lisbon
News imageGetty Images Two people attempt to manually open the gate of an underground car park Getty Images
Access to spaces like this underground parking garage in Vigo, Spain, was affected
News imageAFP Two people with gas bottles next to a car in a petrol stationAFP
People collected gas bottles to use as an alternative to electricity during the outage
News imageReuters A group of travellers sit outside a train station after it was closed due to a power outage in MadridReuters
Spain's national rail company, Renfe, said trains - and passengers - would be heavily impacted
News imageAFP A crowd of people try to board commuter buses outside the Atocha train station in Madrid AFP
Commuters scrambled to secure places on buses, even as traffic mounted on roads
News imageGetty Images A crowd of commuters wait outside Sants railway station in BarcelonaGetty Images
Spain's transport minister said it was not likely medium or long-distance trains would resume normal service on Monday
News imageAFP Drivers wait outside their cars in a massive traffic jamAFP
With traffic lights impacted, scenes of chaos were seen in large cities, including Madrid, as vehicles and pedestrians tried to navigate the roads
News imageEPA A group of people hold signs with locations as they attempt to hitchhikeEPA
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