In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, a car drives past an abandoned iron roadside shrine near the village of Kritharakia, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. On a long, straight stretch of rural road in southern Greece, a little reminder of death stands among the long grass. Flanked by plastic flowers and illuminated after sunset by solar-powered lights, such miniature shrines are a common sight in a country that has one of the European Union's worst road fatality rates. Made of iron sheeting, stone, wood, concrete or marble, tens of thousands of such shrines punctuate Greece's roadside scenery, usually on tricky bends or cliffside stretches – even in central Athens. In a few cases, they are offerings of thanks from motorists who escaped alive from a bad crash. Most contain religious pictures, perhaps a picture of the deceased and an oil-fuelled lamp. According to police data, 804 people died in road accidents in Greece last year and more than 13,000 were injured, placing a severe burden on the cash-strapped country's public health and welfare systems. It's the sixth-worst road fatality rate in the 28-member European Union, according to the Eurostat statistical agency. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, April 29, 2017, two roadside shrines stand in an oak forest of Foloi near the village of Panopoulo, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Made of iron sheeting, stone, wood, concrete or marble, tens of thousands of such shrines punctuate Greece’s roadside scenery, a common sight in a country that has one of the European Union’s worst road fatality rates. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, April 29, 2017, a candle is lit in a roadside shrine as the sun sets across a nearby lake of Pineia in the village of Souli, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, April 29, 2017, a candle is lit in front of holy icons in a roadside shrine at the village of Roupakia, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, May 2, 2017, a roadside shrine stands near the sea at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Friday, April 28, 2017, an iron shrine stands near the road in a field of olive trees in the village of Efyra, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed on Friday, April 28, 2017, a car passes a roadside shrine near the village of Efyra, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. The shrine marks the spot where at dusk on October 18, 2009, 19-year-old Nikos Staikopoulos lost control of his speeding car, crashed and died. Tens of thousands of such shrines punctuate Greece’s roadside scenery, a common sight in a country that has one of the European Union’s worst road fatality rates. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, a roadside shrine stands near the village of Paleovarvasena, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, a roadside shrine is decorated with plastic flowers in front of a field of watermelons near the village of Roupaki in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, April 29, 2017, a candle is lit in a roadside shrine near the at the village of Agia Kiriaki, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, an iron roadside shrine stands in front of a fence near the village of Milies, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, a candle is lit in a roadside shrine near the village of Lalas, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, an iron roadside shrine stands in a field near the village of Antroni, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, a car drives near an iron roadside shrine near the village of Avrami, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)