The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
People light candles during a sit-in protest against the factories polluting the area, on the occasion of the cancer awareness day, in Anfeh area in Koura, north of Lebanon. (Slaimen El-Nemer)People holding the flag of Lebanon, while gathering to witness the historic mass led by Pope Francis, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Human Fraternity)Banners erected on the streets of the Capital with an image of the late PM Raffic Hariri, on the anniversary of his assassination, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Nabil Ismail)Newly-assigned Prime Minister Saad Hariri, takes a selfie with reporters after he announced his new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. (HUSSEIN MALLA / AP)Actor Ziad Itani arrives for questioning at the ISF’s Anti-Cybercrime Bureau, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamad Azakir / The Daily Star)A man reads the last print of the daily newspaper Al-Mustaqbal in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)The four female ministers of the newly formed government, Energy Minister Nada al-Bustani, Interior Minister Raya al-Hassan, State Minister for Administrative Development Affairs May Chidiac, State Minister for Social and Economic Rehabilitation of Youth and Women Violet Khairallah, in the Grand Serail, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Dalati Nohra) Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C) addresses the media after announcing the new cabinet during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, Lebanon. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) takes a selfie with journalists after the announcement of the newly formed government, after an eight-month stalemate, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east Beirut, Lebanon. (WAEL HAMZEH / EPA)Former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk and new Interior Minister Raya El Hassan during the handover of the ministry, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hussein Baydoun / Alaraby Aljadeed)A man holding an umbrella walks past a banner of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)President Michel Aoun (C), Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (C-R) and Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri (C-L) with new Lebanese Ministers pose during family picture at the presidential palace in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon. (NNA)Activists shout slogans, hold placards and Lebanese flags during a protest in front the T.V.A office in Beirut, Lebanon. (NABIL MOUNZER / EPA)Lebanese citizens listen to Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah during his speaks on Al-Manar TV screen, at a coffeshop in Beirut, Lebanon. (NABIL MOUNZER / EPA)A bulldozer works to remove cement barrier in front of the Interior Ministry after snarling traffic for years, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)
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