Streets Go Dark, Factories Close As Wartime Energy Crisis Bites
- By AFP,
- Reuters,
- EPA-EFE and
- Amos Chapple
A farmer arrives to a fuel station that has run out of diesel in Manikganj, Bangladesh, on April 8.
Global fuel shortages caused by Iran stopping the passage of oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz are being felt throughout the world, especially in Asia. The region imports some 60 percent of all its crude oil from the Middle East.
Recent images from around the world show far-reaching impacts of the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.
