Over 70 killed, thousands injured as huge explosion rocks Beirut
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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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People run in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Injured people stand after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Injured people are evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People evacuate a wounded person after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke rises in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescue workers help an injured man at the explosion scene that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured man walks at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A wounded woman is evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People evacuate wounded after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People evacuate wounded after of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4.ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.