Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer – except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.
George Orwell
A vehicle sterilizing a street as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beirut, Lebanon. (Bilal Jawich / Xinhua)President Michel Aoun and government ministers wear masks and gloves to help protect themselves from the coronavirus, while attending a cabinet meeting, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon. (Dalati Nohra)Barber Fouad Lalo cuts hair on the balcony of a customer’s home, while the country is being been under lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus. in Beirut, Lebanon. (Bilal Hussein / AP)An activist tries to set himself on fire in protest after security forces try to dismantle their tents and go home in line with a nighttime coronavirus curfew in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hassan Ammar / AP)A security man walks along an empty street before a nighttime curfew to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hassan Ammar / AP)Palestinian tailors make protective face masks with the patterns of the Kaffiyeh, at a workshop in the refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh, south of Beirut, Lebanon. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)A volunteer wearing a costume entertains people standing on their balcony, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Saida, Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)A member of Hezbollah’s with a protective gear disinfects a road, as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus disease COVID19 in Saida, Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)An empty area around Martyrs’ Square after Lebanese security forces cleared away a protest camp and reopened roads blocked by demonstrators since protests against the governing elite started in October, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)Foreign domestic workers wearing protective face masks walk their employees’ dogs as most people remain at home in a bid to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. (PATRICK BAZ / AFP)Deserted old souks during a curfew lockdown implemented to stem the spread of the ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in Jounieh area north of Beirut, Lebanon. (WAEL HAMZEH / EPA)People shop for fruits and vegetables at a market in amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in of Tripoli, Lebanon. (Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)Mask-clad clients queue outside a bank in the Zalka suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)Policemen saluting for health-care workers, doctors, nurses and staff at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where most of the Lebanese coronavirus cases are treated, in Beirut, Lebanon. (INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES)A national flag flutters at a nearly deserted corniche, during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon. (Aziz Taher / REUTERS)Tarek Bashasha, a 49 year-old artist, plays the clarinet to entertain people at their homes, during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Saida, southern Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)Workers clean the area around Martyrs’ Square after security forces cleared away a protest camp and reopened roads blocked by demonstrators since protests against the governing elite started in October, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)Trees are pictured along an empty road, during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)An aerial view shows Beirut’s Martyrs Square deserted during a nighttime curfew imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AFP)A man takes a selfie while carrying a dog in front of the Rawsheh rock, during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)A view shows an empty highway during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir / REUTERS)Hezbollah medical team stand near their ambulances during a tour done by Hezbollah to show their preparation to fight the coronavirus in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (WAEL HAMZEH /EPA)A man wears a mask amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hasan Shaaban / The Daily Star)Relatives of inmates in Roumieh prison hold placards as they call for their release amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, in Saida, Lebanon. (Mohammed Zaatari / The Daily Star)A young man sitting near an outdoor advertising panel that reads in Arabic: “Stay at home” amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. (Marwan Bou Haydar / Al-Akhbar)People standing in queues in front of an ATM, in Lebanon. (Rammal Jouny / Nidaa Alwatan) Samy Gemayel leading a meeting for the Kataeb Political Bureau through the internet, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in Lebanon.Omar Itani driving his taxi car while taking precaution from the coronavirus by wearing a mask and protective gloves, in Lebanon. (João Sousa / L’Orient Le Jour)A volunteer wears a facemask with the colours and logo of the Hezbollah flag while he works at a Social Security Support Center in Beirut, Lebanon. (Daniel Carde / Getty Images)A man walks down a street with blossoming trees, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Marwan Tahtah)
