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Added on the 24/03/2016 09:55:32 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Super Blue Moon illuminates the sky over the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Super Blue Moon is a celestial occurrence which combines two events, a supermoon, when the moon is closest to earth, and a blue moon - the third full moon in a season of four. Although this rare cosmic event usually happens once every 10 years, NASA said that there was a Super Blue Moon in August last year as well. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne arrives in Tel Aviv, to promote a truce between Israel and Hamas and try to avoid an escalation with Lebanon. IMAGES
The body of Irish United Nations peacekeeper Private Sean Rooney, 23, who was killed after the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy came under fire near the village of Al-Aqbiya, in the south of the country, is repatriated to Dublin. IMAGES
A convoy of the Israeli delegation arrives at the Lebanon border at Rosh Hanikra, ahead of the signature of a US-brokered maritime border deal. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Lebanon for a snap visit of support following an explosion at Beirut port that killed more than 130 people and caused widespread destruction. IMAGES