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The entrance to Borj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp outside of Beirut, Lebanon.

The sign at the entrance to Borj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp outside of Beirut, Lebanon.

The coastline in Beirut, Lebanon.

Boys with flowers and traditional Lebanese clothes are waiting in presidential palace in Baabda (Beirut) for president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his official visit of Lebanon (13.10.2010).

Palestinians living in Burj al Barajneh, a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, organized a protest against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza during the winter of 2008-2009. The demonstration turned into a hopeless, silent march, with the company of only a few television cameras and their voices were barely heard.

Palestinians living in Burj al Barajneh, a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, organized a protest against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza during the winter of 2008-2009. The demonstration turned into a hopeless, silent march, with the company of only a few television cameras and their voices were barely heard.

Palestinians living in Burj al Barajneh, a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, organized a protest against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza during the winter of 2008-2009. The demonstration turned into a hopeless, silent march, with the company of only a few television cameras and their voices were barely heard.

Palestinians living in Burj al Barajneh, a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, organized a protest against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza during the winter of 2008-2009. The demonstration turned into a hopeless, silent march, with the company of only a few television cameras and their voices were barely heard.

October 28, 2005
Beirut, Lebanon
Video shows a military parade by Hezbollah in Haret Hreik suburb, south of Beirut.
Hezbollah General Secretary, Hassan Nasrallah, and other Lebanese officials attended the parade which took place on the International Quds Day, an annual event held on the last Friday of Ramadan.
(Video shot by Hezbollah and obtained by Transterra Media contributor)
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Martyrs Square: In the background is the Rivoli Building, site of the famous pre-war cinema. It took three attempts to demolish the building with explosives in 1993.

Damaged buildings on Martyrs Square, downtown Beirut's most important public gathering place prior to the civil war

Martyrs Square: In the background is the Rivoli Building, site of the famous pre-war cinema. It took three attempts to demolish the building with explosives in 1993.

A boy collects empty Pepsi cans in one of downtown Beirut's desolate public squares.

Martyrs Square: In the background is the Rivoli Building, site of the famous pre-war cinema. It took three attempts to demolish the building with explosives in 1993.

Martyrs Square: In the background is the Rivoli Building, site of the famous pre-war cinema. It took three attempts to demolish the building with explosives in 1993.

The reconstruction of Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut begins.

Reconstruction takes place near the Zawiyat Ibn Iraq Mosque in central Beirut, a 16th century Mamluk shrine, site of today's downtown souks.

View of the former opera house in downtown Beirut.

Facing west, a view of the reconstruction of downtown Beirut. To the left is the famous Beirut City Center Dome, also known as the "Egg," an iconic movie theatre heavily damaged during the war whose remains have been preserved as a memorial to the war's destruction.

Children standing on the rubble of a building destroyed in the war.

Child playing near the Grand Serail, the former Ottoman and French Mandate seat of government and currently the headquarters of the Lebanese Prime Minister.

Damaged apartment building next to the port of Beirut.

Damaged buildings in downtown Beirut. In the background is the notorious Murr Building, a favorite spot for snipers during the war. Started in 1974, construction was halted by the war at 40 floors and never completed since.

The statue of Martyr's Square surrounded by damaged buildings.

At the bottom of the photo is a sign warning against land-mines along the "Green Line" separating east and west Beirut.

Two men walking in front of the opera house in downtown Beirut.

Buildings badly damaged in the old souks of downtown Beirut.

A street coffee vendor sets up shop in Martyr's Square.

The ruins surrounding Martyr's Square. Various make-shift cafés appeared shortly after the war, hence the plastic tables and chairs.

The Rivoli Building, since demolished, as seen from the vantage point of the 'Martyr's Square' statue.

Damaged buildings along the "Green Line" separating east and west Beirut in the center of the city.

Damaged buildings on Bechara El-Khoury street in downtown Beirut, one of the city's principal north-south thoroughfares.

The ruins of a building in downtown Beirut

Removing the rubble during the reconstruction of downtown Beirut.

Three young boys play in the rubble of a destroyed building.

A damaged and abandoned house near the 'Green Line'.