PHOTO-VIDEO NEWS: BEIRUT BLAST AFTERMATH

A Lebanese boy jumps over a fire during clashes between protesters and security forces near the parliament in central Beirut on August 10

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Protests continued for a fourth consecutive night, as dozens of protesters clashed with security forces in central Beirut

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The port of Beirut, the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse

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The August 4 blast, the country’s worst peacetime tragedy which killed at least 160 people and wounded over 6,000, is widely blamed on state negligence and has ignited unprecedented popular rage against the ruling class

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The explosion ripped through districts of Beirut that had been close to the front lines during Lebanon’s 15-year civil war

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Beirut explosion damage: satellite imaging analysis

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Almost every generation in Lebanon has experienced some kind of conflict, whether the 1975-1990 civil war or the 2006 hostilities with Israel

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A Lebanese protester carries a photo of three-year-old Alexandra, who was fatally injured in the port explosion

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Lebanese children walk in Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood days after a monster explosion killed more than 150 people and disfigured the Lebanese capital

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An aerial view taken on August 9 shows the port of Beirut after the colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a harbourside warehouse

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A Lebanese boy watches as French President Emmanuel Macron on August 6 visits Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, which suffered extensive damage in the massive explosion

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8.12.2020