Thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the port, holding pictures of the dead and demanding justice.
One year since the disaster, caused by a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely at the port for years, no senior official has been held to account, infuriating many Lebanese as their country also endures financial collapse.
One of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, the explosion killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands and was felt in Cyprus, more than 240 km away. The damage is still visible across much of Beirut. The port resembles a bomb site, its huge wrecked grain silo unrepaired.People march as they carry national flags and pictures of some of the victims of last year's Beirut port blast, as Lebanon marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4 2021.
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