Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow. – Gebran Kahlil Gebran.
A photograph of the Lebanese flag is placed instead of the official profile picture of the president at the Airport VIP Lounge in the Rafik Hariri International Airport, Beirut. (WAEL HAMZEH / EPA)Lebanese carrying a picture of Jordanian assassinated writer Nahed Hattar with text reading: ‘shame I am not a martyr’ stand during a protest in front of the UN house in Beirut. (NABIL MOUNZER / EPA)Cars that transported Pope Francis during “World Youth Days”, are auctioned to purchase a mobile clinic for refugees in Lebanon. (STANISLAW ROZPEDZIK POLAND OUT / EPA)Participants throw coloured powder at each other during the “Saida in Color” event, part of the Sidon International Festival. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)Lebanese youths take part in the “Sidon in Colours” festival. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)Children hold photos of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani during a protest by his supporters in Lebanon against the Turkish government in front of the European Union building in Beirut. (NABIL MOUNZER / EPA)Garbage piles up on a highway in the town of Jdeideh, after an eight-month-long garbage crisis. (PATRICK BAZ / AFP)The oldest known scale beam was recently found near Kfaraabida in North Lebanon and is now on display this week at the AUB Archaeology museum. (Beirut Report)A teacher holding a bell announcing the start of the new school year. (Abbas Salman)A woman takes a picture of a Lamborghini as it drives past during the 2016 Beirut Grand Prix. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)Supercars line up for the start of a time-trial at the Beirut Grand Prix, at the Ramlet al-Bayda public beach. (Bilal Hussein / AP)