Inside an emergency room at Rafik Hariri Hospital on Nov. 17, a medic wearing full protective gear checks a woman who might have the coronavirus. Beirut hospitals are reaching maximum capacity amid an influx of coronavirus patients. Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Shattered containers remain in front of towering grain silos gutted in the August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
A cedar tree that burned in a recent wildfire, in the Mishmish forest, Akkar, Lebanon. Sam Tarling for NPR hide caption
Ibrahim Lasheen, 22, is brought back to his hometown of Tripoli, Lebanon, in September. A U.N. naval force rescued him after he swam for 18 hours to seek help for dozens of fellow passengers crammed on a small fishing boat that ran out of fuel as it headed to Cyprus. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Sea turtle hatchlings make their way to the water last month at Al-Mansouri Beach in Lebanon, which is reporting a flourishing turtle population. Yara Khasab/Orange House Project hide caption
Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a badly damaged building in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, searching for possible survivors a month after a massive blast at the nearby port. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Workers remove debris from a hospital that was heavily damaged in last month's explosion in Beirut. Lebanon's interim health minister, Hamad Hasan, told local media last month that the health system was "on the brink" of being overwhelmed because of the needs of blast victims and COVID-19 patients. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
The entrance to Nation Station, a disaster relief community center in Beirut that operates out of an abandoned gas station. Nation Station serves the residents of Geitawi, a neighborhood badly damaged in the Aug. 4 blast. Nada Homsi for NPR hide caption
Workers remove debris from a hospital that was heavily damaged in last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
People wave Lebanese flags at a protest near the Beirut port on Tuesday. Last week's explosion has prompted new hopes for political change, but enormous challenges remain. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Habeb al-Hamad Azab, a Syrian refugee, stands in front of his destroyed home in Beirut's Mar Mikhael neighborhood. Yasmina Hilal for NPR hide caption
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab gives a speech in Beirut in March. Diab announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut. Dalati Nohra/AP hide caption
World leaders pledged $298 million to assist Lebanon in the aftermath of last week's catastrophic blast during a virtual summit on Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron organized the virtual summit. Christophe Simon/AP hide caption
Thousands thronged downtown Beirut on Saturday to voice their outrage over government corruption and negligence, which they blame for Tuesday's deadly explosion that killed more than 150 people. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Tuesday's blast in Beirut killed some 150 people, wounded thousands and caused destruction across half the city. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption