Life in Greece has become any easier for those who already had it tough during the past two years of financial turmoil.
1Michael, 36-year-old and unemployed, poses by an abandoned open-air cinema in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
2Andy, a 53-year-old unemployed German immigrant from Dusseldorf, sits by his makeshift home at a deserted harbour storage building in the port of Piraeus, near Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
3Potev, a 56-year-old Bulgarian immigrant, lies on a mattress amid garbage in an Athens suburb. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
4Matheos stands next to the makeshift shelter where he has lived since late 2011, on a hill in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
5Ethiopian immigrant Maximos, who lost his job in 2010, stands by the makeshift tent where he lives in a park in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
6Romanian truck driver Adrian, who lost his job in 2010 when the lorry company he was working for closed down, looks inside a a cardboard box in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
7Alexis, a 43-year-old former cycling champion, begs as he sits on his mattress in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
8A Greek Orthodox monk walks past two homeless men sleeping outside a hospital in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
9Michael, 36-year-old and unemployed, begs outside a church in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
10Food is seen through the cracked windshield of an abandoned vehicle in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
11Adrian, a 51-year-old from Romania, extracts copper from a cable in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
12Savas sleeps in a tent at an open air photographic exhibition of homeless people organised by a charity called Klimaka in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
13Marialena, a homeless AIDS sufferer and former drug addict who is on a methadone rehabilitation program, sleeps under a bridge in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
14Marialena, a homeless AIDS sufferer and former drug addict who is on a methadone rehabilitation program, drinks coffee next to her boyfriend Dimitrios in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
15Marialena, a homeless AIDS sufferer and former drug addict who is on a methadone rehabilitation program, washes after waking up under a bridge in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
16Dimitrios watches as his girlfriend Marialena put on make up after waking up under a bridge in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
17Marialena, a homeless AIDS sufferer, pushes away her boyfriend Dimitrios who is trying to clean up her self-inflicted wounds, in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
18Vassilis, who has been treated for severe physiological issues, sits in the afternoon sun under the bridge where he has lived for the last year and a half in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
19Giorgos sits with his belongings under a bridge, where he lives with a group of other homeless people, in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
20Michael, a 36-year-old unemployed clerk, sits in the sun near a bridge in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
21Yiorgos, a 40-year-old who became homeless in 2010 after his grocery shop went out of business, sleeps outdoors in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
22Stephanos smokes a cigarette as he sits on a rug in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
23People take part in a protest organised by a charity called Klimaka in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
24People line up to receive food outside Klimaka, a charity that works with the homeless, in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
25A man waits to receive food outside Klimaka, a charity that works with the homeless, in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
26Adrian, a Romanian truck driver who lost his job in 2010 when the lorry company he was working for closed down, sits with his head in his hands in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
27Homeless men, Argiris and Alexopoulos, sleep by the entrance of a metro station in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
28A homeless scrap collector sleeps outside in central Athens.. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
29Sotiris, a 34-year-old and former plumber, sleeps on a pavement in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
30A washing line with clothes hanging on it is seen in an abandoned warehouse in the central vegetable market in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
31Costas and Rodoula who have been unemployed for over five years, watch television in an abandoned building in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
32Tareq, a 46-year-old unemployed painter, sits in the shed where he lives at an abandoned factory in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
33Tareq, a 46-year-old unemployed painter, is reflected in a mirror in the shed where he lives at an abandoned factory in central Athenss. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
34Alexandros, a 42-year-old from Serres in northern Greece, sits in the abandoned car he lives in, at the port of Piareus near Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
35Homeless people sleep outdoors in central Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
36Stephanos washes his face before setting off to look for a job in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
37Stephanos is reflected in a mirror as he combs his hair before setting off to look for a job in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
38Giorgos, a 58-year-old who became homeless five years ago when he lost his job, sits on a park bench in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
39Homeless immigrants from Syria and north Africa sit near their home in the central train station, Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
40The head of a plastic doll hangs from a tree in Athens. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
41Yannis, a 53-year-old unemployed chef, sits with his head in his hands in front of a graffiti mural in central Athen. YANNIS BEHRAKIS/REUTERS
