An Indomitable Lebanon: Beirut Blasts Ravaged Apart, But the Aftermath Strung People Together
Lebanon on Wednesday marked a year since a cataclysmic explosion ravaged Beirut, with a mix of grief over lost lives and rage at the impunity for its worst peacetime disaster at a time when its economy was already in tatters.
Students affiliated with the Lebanese Forces hold white roses and stand next to body bags in memory of the victims of last year's Beirut port blast, as Lebanon marks one-year anniversary of the explosion. (Reuters)
Members of internal security forces march and hold flowers as they mark one-year anniversary of Beirut port explosion. (Reuters)
A justice symbol monument is seen near the grain silo damaged during last year's Beirut port blast. (Reuters)
Sunset view of The Gesture", a 25-meter sculpture by Lebanese architect Nadim Karam to commemorate victims of last year's Beirut blast. (Reuters)
Tatiana Hasrouty, whose father was killed in last year's Beirut port blast, poses in her family home in Sin El Fil, Lebanon July 30, 2021. I was sleeping when the blast happened so it was as if my place of safety and rest was no longer there and my father who was my soul.. he also was no longer there," 20-year old Tatiana said. (Reuters)
Anwar Ramadan, 30, sits in a coffee shop that was damaged when she was there during last year's Beirut port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon July 26, 2021. My ears popped, that's why I was feeling dizzy most of the time and I wasn't hearing very well. I'm still treating my ears but they are not healing. There is pain all the time, my head feeling like it is going to burst. Ever since the 4th of August, I am on alert; you should always be aware, if something happens, and in control... I don't know when I'm going to feel good again or when I'll be able to sleep like a normal person like I use to." Anwar said. (Reuters)
I am strong" reads on a post-it placed above an electric socket in Mohamad Cherry's room, one of the people whose homes were damaged in last year's blast. (Reuters)
Shady Rizk, a survivor wounded during last year's Beirut port blast, holds his dog on the rooftop of his house, in Sin el-Fil. (Reuters)
Emmanuelle Lteif Khnaisser, who was in labour at the moment of last year's Beirut port blast, plays with her son, baby George Khnaisser, at the family home in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon. (Reuters)
Israa Seblani, a Lebanese doctor and the bride who was caught up in the last year's Beirut port blast during a wedding photoshoot, poses for a picture with her husband Ahmad Subeih, at the same square where they were for their photoshoot in the moment of August 4 explosion, in Beirut. (Reuters)
