Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn addresses a news conference Wednesday in Beirut, during which he explained his reasons for dodging trial in Japan. The 65-year-old former auto executive, who is accused of financial misconduct, vowed to clear his name in his first public appearance since skipping bail in Japan. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, pictured leaving the Tokyo Detention Center in April, is believed to have escaped with the help of several individuals. So far, Turkish authorities have arrested 12 people in connection with the auto executive's getaway. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A 4% hike in metro fares sparked major protests in Santiago, Chile, that raised many issues of inequality, including long waits at public hospitals and overcrowded schools. Cristobal Venegas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. The embattled prime minister said he was presenting his resignation after he hit a "dead end" amid nationwide anti-government protests. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Anti-government protesters wave national flags as Lebanese army soldiers form a human barrier in the area of Jal el-Dib in the northern outskirts of the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Lebanese woman holds up a sign demanding that the country's ruling elites pay up on the sixth day of protests in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, on Tuesday. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters block the main road outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on July 16. The protests are against Lebanese government decision to restrict Palestinians' work opportunities. Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Syrian boy walks among demolished shelters at a refugee camp in the town of Arsal, in the Bekaa Valley, in northeastern Lebanon on June 10. Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Nizar Zakka (center), a Lebanese national and U.S. resident arrested in Iran in 2015 and sentenced to 10 years in jail on espionage charges, gives a press conference in Beirut after he was freed in early June. Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Axel Hirschfeld looks at the remains of dead birds while holding a Levant sparrowhawk. The bird was found locked in a small enclosure without food or water in a field used by poachers in the town of Ras Baalbek, Lebanon, in September. Sam Tarling for NPR hide caption
A Syrian refugee shovels mud in front of a makeshift shelter in an unofficial camp for Syrian refugees in Iaat in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Tuesday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An Israeli soldier, seen in September, stands near a wall along the Israel-Lebanon border near the Israeli region of Rosh Haniqra. The Israeli military says it has launched an operation intended to "expose and thwart" tunnels built on the border by the Hezbollah militant group. Sebastian Scheiner/AP hide caption
Leila Abdel Latif is a celebrity fortuneteller in Lebanon. Every New Year's Eve she appears on Lebanese television shows to predict the future of Lebanon and the wider world. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
An informal tented settlement for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. AHA members filmed at this camp, gathering footage for their fundraising video Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption