Children play in the street in Matanzas, Cuba, on October 18, after classes were canceled 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories. (Photo by ANTONIO LEVI / AFP) (Photo by ANTONIO LEVI/AFP via Getty Images)