A woman sings "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles in an unemployment office in Spain as part of a flash mob organized to cheer up those waiting in the office to find work. YouTube hide caption
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Ringing in the New Year in Spain requires eating a dozen grapes and wearing a very specific kind of undergarment. Jeff Koehler hide caption
Residents of Mutriku, a fishing village on Spain's northern coast, lounge at their local beach, protected from fierce Atlantic waves by a cement breakwater that also houses Europe's first wave energy plant. Lauren Frayer for NPR hide caption
At the Bescanó municipal theater in northeastern Spain, director Quim Marcé (center) and actresses Meritxell Yanes (left) and Elena Martinell (right) display carrots for sale. Quim Marcé hide caption
To Get Around Tax Hike, Spanish Theater Sells Carrots, Not Tickets
In June, people in Madrid came to a distribution center where those in need could get food. Javier Soriano /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Three images: How the fresco should look (left); how it looked before the "restoration" (center); and what it looked like after Cecilia Gimenez was done. Centre de Estudios Borjanos/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (left) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (right) during the summit of European leaders in Brussels. Bertrand Langlois /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Spanish flag blowing in the wind in Madrid earlier this month. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images hide caption
Angel Borges, matchmaker. Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR hide caption
This is what you don't want. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A bunch of troubled little Spanish banks got together and became Bankia, a troubled big Spanish bank. Pierre-Phillippe Marcou /AFP/Getty Images hide caption