Photos emerging from Cuba show not only the unrest, but residents continuing to lives their lives even amid the indefinite power outages.

The Cuban government has announced emergency measures to slash electricity demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and canceling nonessential services. Officials said that 1.64 gigawatts went offline during peak hours, about half the total demand at the time.

Cubans expressed alarm, with one resident saying it felt as if the country had reached the “bottom of the barrel.”