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Channeling 'anger into art', artists in Beirut process blast
TOPSHOT - People gather to release white balloons near the seaport of Beirut on October 4, 2020, to commemorate the second month after the August 4 massive explosion there that killed at least 190, injured more than 6500 and ravaged entire neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital leaving scores of residents homeless. - Dozens of demonstrators gathered near what remains of Beirut's port today to mark two months since a huge explosion widely blamed on Lebanon's political class.nTwo months later, an investigation into the disaster has yet to make public its results, further stoking public anger in a country mired in economic crisis and battered by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Lebanon emergency services reeling
Residents of the Armenian CAHL nursing home and care center in the Bourj Hammoud neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut, sit together in the center's courtyard on September 16, 2020. - The August 4 blast at Beirut's port killed more than 190 people, injured thousands and ravaged dwellings in large parts of the capital. Some of the worst-hit areas are home to the city's century-old 140,000-strong Armenian community. Though some young Armenian Lebanese have fled the crisis-hit country in recent years, including to emigrate to Armenia, the older generation is bent on staying. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

In blast-hit Beirut, Armenian elders determined to stay
Choir singers perform at a concert for the victims of August's deadly Beirut blast in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in the Lebanese capital on September 20, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace
Candles light-up pictures of victims of August's deadly Beirut blast during a commemoration concert in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in Lebanon's capital, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

After Lebanon blast, future lawsuits pile up against the state
Rescue workers use a tube to vacuum debris from a badly damaged building in Lebanon's capital Beirut, in search of possible survivors from a mega-blast at the adjacent port one month ago, after scanners detected a pulse, on September 4, 2020. - Lebanese rescuers scoured rubble for a possible survivor in Beirut after the detection of a pulse drew crowds hopeful of a miracle one month on from a devastating explosion. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Hopes of miracle fade in search for Beirut blast survivor
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A picture shows a destroyed silo at the scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. - Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Lebanese turn their back on 'hopeless' country after blast
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Property sharks circle ravaged Beirut homes
TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on August 26, 2020, shows vehicles damaged at the port of Beirut in the August 4 massive explosion that caused severe damage across swathes of the Lebanese capital, killed at least 181 people, injured more than 6,500 and left scores of people homeless. (Photo by - / AFP)

After deadly port blast, rudderless Lebanon drifts towards the rocks
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