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Over 70 killed, thousands injured as huge explosion rocks Beirut

By Associated Press

Aug. 4, 2020

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Fire burns after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4. 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. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.
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Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4. 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. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.
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People run in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Port workers run to the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4. 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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Injured people stand after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Injured people are evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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People evacuate a wounded person after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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A Lebanese soldier, right, checks on injured men who sit inside an ambulance at the explosion scene that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Smoke rises in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Rescue workers help an injured man at the explosion scene that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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An injured man walks at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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A wounded woman is evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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People evacuate wounded after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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People evacuate wounded after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4. 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. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.

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