Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein looks through the bank's window in Beirut, Lebanon during the hostage standoff on Thursday. He surrended after several hours of negotiations in exchange for a portion of his savings. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
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FILE - An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, while Lebanon and Israel are being called to resume indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, off the southern town of Naqoura, Monday, June 6, 2022. Mohammad Zaatari/AP hide caption
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A baby receives care in the neonatal intensive care unit of the government hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon. Because of the lack of prenatal care amid the country's massive economic crisis, medical staff members say more newborns are born sick and weak. From time to time, when parents don't have the funds to pay for additional care, they go home — and leave their infant stranded at the hospital. Arezou Rezvani/NPR hide caption
Lebanon's hospitals are running out of medicine and staff in ongoing economic crisis
Tuesday
Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi speaks during a press conference about Sunday's parliamentary elections, at the interior ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Sunday
People line up to vote during parliamentary elections in Beirut, Lebanon Sunday, May 15, 2022. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Saturday
A circuit breaker of an electric generator that supplied homes with power in 2019 is pictured in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Tracy and Paul Naggear, the parents of 3-year-old Alexandra, who was killed in last year's massive blast, raise their fists during a protest outside the home of caretaker Interior Minister Mohamed Fehmi, in Beirut, July 13. A year after the deadly blast, families of the victims are seeking justice for their loved ones. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
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Marine biology student Ranim Tahhan, 21, pictured left, and another volunteer work to clean Tyre beach from the pollution caused by an oil spill in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
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Thursday
Friends and family members of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim (shown in the raised image), attend a memorial ceremony in the garden of the family residence in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs, a week after he was found dead in his car, on Feb. 11. Slim, 58, was an outspoken critic of Hezbollah. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
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
Lebanon's Full Hospitals Turn Away Coronavirus Patients Amid Record Daily Cases
Thursday
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
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A cedar tree that burned in a recent wildfire, in the Mishmish forest, Akkar, Lebanon. Sam Tarling for NPR hide caption
Climate Change Closes In On Lebanon's Iconic Cedar Trees
Friday
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
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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