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Beirut (Lebanon), Aug 29 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) The Lebanese capital continues to recover from the consequences of the explosion that devastated the area of the port of Beirut on August 4, in which, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least 181 people died and more than 6,000 were injured. DRONE IMAGES FROM THE BEIRUT PORT AREA.
Images of the site of the August 4, 2020 blast at the Beirut port as Lebanon's marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked the Lebanese capital. Still nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation. IMAGES
Aerial images of roads alongside the Chikugo river completely submerged after heavy rain in southwestern Japan. One person has been confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes as forecasters warned of the "heaviest rain ever" in the region. IMAGES
Aerial images of destroyed buildings in the Turkish city of Antakya in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first time that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
Eight more grain silos collapse at Beirut's port after succumbing to damage from the devastating 2020 explosion -- the third major collapse in a month. A cloud of dust rose over the port after the collapse, which brought down the last of the northern block of silos that was more heavily damaged in the blast, and where a fire had been burning since July. IMAGES TO COMPLETE: VIDI32GX93J_EN
The northern section of the grain silos, partly destroyed by the 2020 Beirut port explosion, collapse. It is the third such incident this month. The eight towers that came down were the last remaining part of the structure's northern bloc which sustained the most damage during the explosion. IMAGES