Crying Greek pensioner: the story behind the poignant photo

A July 3, 2015 photo shows Giorgos Chatzifotiadis, sitting on the ground crying outside a national bank branch, as pensioners (unseen) queue to withdraw their pensions, with a limit of 120 euros, in Thessaloniki. - AFP

Thessaloniki (Greece) (AFP) - Retiree Giorgos Chatzifotiadis had queued up at three banks in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki on Friday in the hope of withdrawing a pension on behalf of his wife, but all in vain.

When he was told at the fourth that he could not withdraw his 120 euros ($133), it was all too much and he collapsed in tears.