Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit. – William Shakespeare
A protest is held outside Parliament against a waste management draft, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Marwan Assaf / L’Orient-Le Jour)A street in the Ghobeiry district of southern Beirut named after slain Hizbullah commander Mustafa Badreddine, one of the major suspect for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon looking in the assassination case of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. (Anwar Amro / AFP)People visit artist Jean Boghossian’s exhibition “Building with Fire” in the old building of newspaper L’Orient Le Jour, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Li Liangyong / Xinhua)The Pigeons’ Rock, also known as the Rock of Raouché, was lit in the colors of the Saudi flag and the heads of the kingdom, during a ceremony to celebrate the Kingdom’s 88th National Day, in Beirut, Lebanon. (str)Three females shiite mourners sit on the pavement during march to mark Ashura, in Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon. (Marwan Tahtah)A man drinks arak from a traditional glass pitcher during a festival that celebrates Lebanon’s national alcoholic drink, in Taanayel, east Lebanon. (Hussein Malla / AP)A visitor takes photos at the UNIFIL’s exhibition in Beirut, Lebanon, to celebrate the International Day of Peace and the 40th year of the UNIFIL mission serving in southern Lebanon. (Bilal Jawich / Xinhua)Shiite mourners bleed while flagellating themselves with blades during the ‘Mourning of Muharram’ Ashura religious procession, in Beirut, Lebanon. (STR/dpa)Rescued migrants sit on a Lebanese army boat after their boat capsized off the northern coast, near Akkar, Lebanon. (Lebanese Army)At the top of Monfalletto hill in Italy, stands a cedar of Lebanon. It was planted by Costanzo Falletti di Rodello and Eulalia Della Chiesa di Cervignasco in memory of their wedding celebrated in 1856 and as a symbol of their love for the land. (Johanna Hoelzl / DPA)A Christian woman holding the pictures of Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Khamenei, taking part in a traditional mourning event during the ten-day mourning period leading up Ashura in Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon. (Marwan Naamani / Polaris)Lebanese hold vigil in memory of Ahvaz, Iran terror attack victims, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. (IRNA)A man carry placard with Arabic word ‘Go to hell’ as representatives of labors union with Lebanese workers carry placards, shouts slogans during a sit-in at downtown Beirut, Lebanon. (NABIL MOUNZER / EPA)French Ambassador to Lebanon Bruno Foucher decorates Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife with the “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” medal, at the Ambassador’s residence in Beirut, Lebanon. (Joseph Eid / AFP)The Red Bull Car Park 2018 Drift Series Final in Beirut’s Martyrs Square, a championship won by al-Kik. (Akl Yazbeck)A Shi’ite Muslim child carries a sword as he bleeds after he was cut on the forehead with a razor during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)
