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. 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(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. 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