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In Pictures: Damaged homes, shattered dreams in Beirut – Aljazeera.com
More than a quarter of a million people in Beirut were left with homes unfit to live in after the massive explosion.
Tuesday’s massive explosion in Beirut tore through thousands of homes, blowing off doors and windows, toppling cupboards, and sending books, shelves, lamps and everything else flying.
Dozens of people were trapped under the wreckage, and survivors could not believe they managed to stay alive.
Within seconds, more than a quarter of a million of the Lebanese capital’s residents were left with homes unfit to live in.
Estimates say 6,200 buildings were damaged.
After the first explosion, Mona al…
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