At least eight loud explosions echoed across the city early Saturday morning, while nearly the entire city was left in darkness because electricity had been cut.
The fighting took place in darkness as electricity was cut to the hotel and surrounding area.
The churchgoers listened in semi-darkness, as electricity was not fully available in the city.
Working in darkness and without electricity, even simple tasks became challenging.
A blackout was imposed; Hollywood was plunged into darkness; materials and electricity were rationed.
Here, the glow of Mr. Teshigawara's shirt gave him an animated quality, while the surrounding darkness crackled with electricity.
Elisabeth was kept in the cellar in complete darkness and without electricity for periods of up to 10 days.
"My greatest fear was being plunged into darkness when the electricity failed," he related in a newspaper interview last year.
Residents in the capital, Bangui, were left in darkness after the electricity was cut off by rebels at a generating station to the north.
Activists said the regime had begun launching retaliatory air strikes on the city and much of it fell into darkness with widespread electricity outages.
