In late June 2015, another incarnation of Greece’s economic crisis began when Greek banks closed on June 29 amid fears that Greece was heading for a euro exit. On July 5th, the Greek people voted ‘No’ against more austerity in exchange for bailout cash in a July 5th referendum. Since the vote however, Greece went on to accept more harsh austerity measures from creditors to save the country from bankruptcy.
In the gallery below, photographers Petros Giannakouris, Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Thanassis Stavrakis, Giannis Papanikos, Petros Karadjias, Emilio Morenatti, and Petr David Josek, cover the latest chapter of the unfolding crisis in Greece.
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A Greek flag waves as the sun rises through clouds at the ancient Acropolis hill, in Athens, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Pro-Euro demonstrators take a photograph in front of riot police outside the Greek Parliament during a rally in Athens, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
A pedestrian passes graffiti, depicting a protester squeezing a Euro, in Athens Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A pensioner holds a flag bearing the picture of Argentinean revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara during an anti-austerity protest in Athens, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A woman leaves a croissant next to a sleeping man living in the streets of central Athens, Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
A man walks down a street with a turned upside down mural inspired on “The Praying Hands” by artist of the Renaissance Albrecht Durer, in Athens, Friday, June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
A woman withdraws money from ATM machine from the National Bank branch while another reacts behind her in central Athens on Saturday, June 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
People stand in a queue to use ATMs of a bank in central Athens, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Members of left wing parties shout slogans behind a burning European Union flag during an anti-EU protest in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Elderly people, who usually get their pensions at the end of the month, wait outside a closed bank in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Monday, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
An elderly woman looks through the closed shutters of a bank as others, who usually get their pensions at the end of the month, wait outside a closed bank in Athens, Monday, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A demonstrator shouts slogans as the sticker on her cheek reading ”YES to Greece, Yes to Euro” during a rally organized by supporters of the YES vote for the upcoming referendum in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
A Greek policeman opens the door as an elderly woman with the help of her daughter enters a bank in Athens, on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, to withdraw a maximum 120 euros for the week, during capital controls in Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Pensioners crowd the entrance of bank in Athens, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Greek Orthodox priest gives money to a man who begs for alms under a banner reading “No” referring to the upcoming referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Ioannis Mytaras, 81, holds his tag queue position on his mouth as he waits to be allowed into the national bank of Greece to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) for the week, in central Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A demonstrator raises his hand with the word ”No” written on it as a Greek flag waves behind during a rally organized by supporters of the No vote in Athens, on Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A woman uses her cell phone next to a poster depicting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble placed by supporters of the No vote to the upcoming referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Demonstrators gather during a rally organized by supporters of the Yes vote as the ancient Acropolis hill is seen in the background in Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A couple arrives to vote as a policeman stands under Acropolis photograph at a polling station in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man fills his ballot paper next to a Greek political map before casting his vote at a polling station in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People are reflected on a window as they cast their vote at a polling station next to a Greek Orthodox church in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A supporter of the No vote covers her face with a flyer reading ”No to submission” at Klafthmonos square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Supporters of the No vote react after the first results of the referendum at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Supporters of the No vote react after the first results of the referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Monday, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
A supporter of the No vote waves a Greek flag in front of the parliament after the results of the referendum at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Red spray paint covers a French-language Bank of Greece sign to read ‘Bank of Merkel’ in reference to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens, Monday, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A homeless sleeps at the entrance of a closed store with posters reading ”NO” in central Athens, Monday, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A pensioner leans against the main gate of the national bank of Greece as he waits to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) for the week in Athens in central Athens, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
New Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, right, and outgoing Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis leave together after a hand over ceremony in Athens, Monday, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Pro-Euro demonstrators wave a Greek flag, right, and a European Union flag in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a rally at Syntagma square in Athens, Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures during a parliament meeting in Athens, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A pensioner stands next to a police officer as he waits outside a national bank branch to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) for the week in central Athens, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A bank employee distributes tag queue positions to elderly people to enter into the bank to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) for the week in central Athens, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand in a queue to use an ATM of a bank as a person begs for alms, in Athens, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Riot police officer are on fire as anti-austerity protesters throw petrol bombs during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Riot policeman tries to avoid a petrol bomb thrown by anti-austerity protesters in Athens, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Anti-austerity protesters throw petrol bombs to Riot police officers during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Riot police detains an anti-austerity protester during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
The ancient Acropolis hill, with the ruins of the fifth century BC Parthenon temple, is illuminated above the city of Athens on Saturday, June 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A man walks past a graffiti made by street artist N_Grams that read ”NO” in German, in Athens, on Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A pro-Euro demonstrator is silhouetted behind a Greek flag during a rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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