Damaged cars are pictured in front of billowing smoke behind the grain silos at the port of Beirut following a massive explosion.
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A Lebanese army helicopter throw water at the scene where an explosion hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon
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Destruction is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
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A survivor is taken out of the rubble after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
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People inspect the site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon.
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The destroyed silo sits in rubble and debris after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon
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A view shows the damaged facade of a building following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon
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Smoke is seen after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital.
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Firefighters rushed to the scenes of the explosions, battling blazes that saw many hurt and infrastructure damaged.
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Firefighters rescue people from the rubble. Many badly injured people are pouring into hospitals.
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A wounded man is bandaged on site and then lifted on a stretcher to be taken to a hospital for medical aid.
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The scenes of brutality that are filtering through from the city are disturbing. Blood and bandages are in almost every shot.
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The shattered facade of a building following a twin explosion.
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Lebanese security officers run towards the scene of the blasts, trying to help the wounded escape. Two explosions tore through the capital of Lebanon on Tuesday.
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There were shards of glass and concrete in every direction as the city shook with the twin blasts.
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The blasts were heard as far away as Nicosia on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, 240 kilometres (150 miles) away.
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Firefighters try to quell offshoots of flame after the explosions.
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A picture shows the scene of an explosion at the port in Beirut.
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A battlefield of iron was all that was left on some streets that were lined with cars.
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A destroyed silo at the scene of the explosion.
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A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of an explosion.
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People run for cover following an explosion in Beirut's port area.
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Injured stand after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
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The scene of an explosion near the the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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The scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Firefighter douse a blaze at the scene of the explosion.
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The scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon.
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A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
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A helicopter drops water following a large explosion.
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A general view of the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
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Fires burning at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut with its cranes in the aftermath of a massive explosion.
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Fires burning at the port of Beirut.
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A view of the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut with its cranes.
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A general view of destruction along a street in the centre of Beirut.
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An ambulance and a civil defence vehicle stand parked at the scene of an explosion.
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People gather by cars destroyed by the explosion.
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A wounded man in wheeled into a hospital.
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Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence stand outside a vehicle on the side of a road.
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A wounded man receives help outside a hospital.
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People gather near the scene of the explosion.
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A man in wheeled into a hospital.
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People and journalists, some clad in masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, gather at the scene of an explosion.
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Wounded people wait to received help outside a hospital.
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Lebanese civil defence vehicels are seen at the scene of the explosion.
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Wounded people are treated at a hospital.
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A general view of destruction along a street in the centre of Beirut.
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