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Hanan Hamdan

Hanan Hamdan

Aug 19, 2021

Relatives of fuel tank burn victim anguished at Tripoli hospital — Relatives of one of the wounded in a fuel tank explosion in northern Lebanon sit outside As-Salam Hospital in Tripoli on Aug. 15, 2021. The country is undergoing a fuel crisis, and at least 28 people were killed and many others were injured when the tank exploded in the northern region of Akkar as they were trying to fill up containers with gasoline. — IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)

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