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Lebanon's elderly population devastated by crash

As one of the 16 countries in the world that don’t offer social security, older people in Lebanon are spending their last years struggling and depending on aid groups to survive.

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A Lebanese street vendor sells eggs and potatoes on the side of a highway in Beirut on Jan. 31, 2018. — JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images

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