• The Helios House gas station is pictured in Los Angeles, California. Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
    The Helios House gas station is pictured in Los Angeles, California. Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
  • Solar panels are seen at PetroChina’s solar-powered Yizhuang gas station in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Solar panels are seen at PetroChina’s solar-powered Yizhuang gas station in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy fills containers with fuel as he sits on a motorcycle at a petrol station in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian boy fills containers with fuel as he sits on a motorcycle at a petrol station in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Cars are seen at the Grade II listed BP petrol station designed by Eliot Noyes in the 1960s at Birstall, central England. Darren Staples / Reuters
    Cars are seen at the Grade II listed BP petrol station designed by Eliot Noyes in the 1960s at Birstall, central England. Darren Staples / Reuters
  • A statue of St George slaying a dragon is seen outside the fuel station in the village of Izveshchatelnyy, south of Stavropol, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko / reuters
    A statue of St George slaying a dragon is seen outside the fuel station in the village of Izveshchatelnyy, south of Stavropol, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko / reuters
  • People are seen at a petrol station in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    People are seen at a petrol station in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • A gorilla statue is seen on top of a building in front of a Shell petrol station in Tokyo. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    A gorilla statue is seen on top of a building in front of a Shell petrol station in Tokyo. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • Petrol is seen for sale at a jungle smallholding in Hulu Langat, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Petrol is seen for sale at a jungle smallholding in Hulu Langat, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • Barrels filled with fuel are displayed for sale in Aleppo, Syria. Nour Kelze / Reuters
    Barrels filled with fuel are displayed for sale in Aleppo, Syria. Nour Kelze / Reuters
  • A vintage Shell sign is seen illuminated at a Shell gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder / Reuters
    A vintage Shell sign is seen illuminated at a Shell gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder / Reuters
  • Taxis are seen at a Pemex gas station in Mexico City. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
    Taxis are seen at a Pemex gas station in Mexico City. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
  • An employee of Bharat Petroleum sits next to a fuel pump at a fuel station in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
    An employee of Bharat Petroleum sits next to a fuel pump at a fuel station in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
  • Fuel pumps are seen at a filling station in Bamako. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Fuel pumps are seen at a filling station in Bamako. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A vintage car with its bonnet raised is seen parked at a gas station along the the seafront boulevard “El Malecon” in Havana, Cuba. Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
    A vintage car with its bonnet raised is seen parked at a gas station along the the seafront boulevard “El Malecon” in Havana, Cuba. Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
  • An Elan fuel station is seen in Gimont, southwestern France. Regis Duvignau / Reuters
    An Elan fuel station is seen in Gimont, southwestern France. Regis Duvignau / Reuters
  • A diesel pump is seen at a privately operated fuel station in Gasse near Lake Tegernsee, Germany. Michael Dalder / Reuters
    A diesel pump is seen at a privately operated fuel station in Gasse near Lake Tegernsee, Germany. Michael Dalder / Reuters
  • A man fills up his 1976 Chevy Nova with gasoline at a PDVSA gas station in Caracas, Venezuela. Jorge Silva / Reuters
    A man fills up his 1976 Chevy Nova with gasoline at a PDVSA gas station in Caracas, Venezuela. Jorge Silva / Reuters

Business

From LA to Syria, fuel stations defining our world – in pictures

Liz Claus

February 01, 2015

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Reuters photographers from Mali to Mexico have shot a series of pictures of fuel stations. Whether it is plastic bottles by the roadside in Malaysia or a futuristic forecourt in LA, fuel stations help define our world.

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