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Words are written by Lebanese citizens in front of the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Public fury over the massive explosion in Beirut took a new turn Saturday night as protesters stormed government institutions and clashed for hours with security forces, who responded with heavy volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Beirut explosion bares pitfalls of sending aid to Lebanon

By LORI HINNANT and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

People remove debris from a house damaged by Tuesday's explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after the massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The Latest: Another Lebanon Cabinet member resigns

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People clash with police during a protest against the political elites and the government after this week's deadly explosion at Beirut port which devastated large parts of the capital and killed more than 150 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

World donors demand change before money to rebuild Beirut

By SARAH EL DEEB and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he visits Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug.6, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Beirut to offer French support to Lebanon after the deadly port blast.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Is France helping Lebanon, or trying to reconquer it?

By ANGELA CHARLTON and SARAH EL-DEEB - Associated Press

A soldier stands at the devastated site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron came in Beirut to offer French support to Lebanon after the deadly port blast. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

The Latest: Beirut protesters enter government buildings

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The port area lies in devastation following this week's massive explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Fury over Beirut blast fuels protests, clashes with police

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Families, friends and colleagues of four nurses of the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, who died in the Tuesday explosion at the seaport of Beirut, attend a mass officiated by Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Beirut, Elias Audi, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A father, a sister, a son: Beirut blast takes a heavy toll

By SARAH EL DEEB and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this photo taken from footage provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, Russian Emergency Situations personnel walk on the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Russia's emergency officials say the country sent five planeloads of aid to Beirut after an explosion in the Lebanese capital's port killed at least 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday. Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations sent rescuers, medical workers, a makeshift hospital and a lab for coronavirus testing to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

The Latest: Trump says US help on way for Beirut disaster

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A statue representing the Lebanese expatriate is seen in front of a building that was damaged by an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port rippled across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people, wounding thousands and leaving entire city blocks flooded with glass and rubble. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

What we know about the explosion in Beirut

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo taken from footage provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, a Russian Emergency Situations employee works with his sniffer dog on the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Russia's emergency officials say the country sent five planeloads of aid to Beirut after an explosion in the Lebanese capital's port killed at least 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

Officials long warned of explosive chemicals at Beirut port

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Lebanese army bulldozers plowed through wreckage to reopen roads around Beirut's demolished port on Thursday as the government pledged to investigate the devastating explosion and placed port officials under house arrest. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese clear blast rubble from roads around cratered port

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Residents of Beirut vented their fury at Lebanese leaders Thursday as they crowded around French President Emmanuel Macron, who promised to pressure the politicians for reform while assessing damage from the powerful explosion at the city's port on Tuesday. Story A7. (Associated Press)

Beirut explosion puts Lebanon close to ‘failed state’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Boris Prokoshev, a sea captain poses for a photo after his interview with the Associated Press outside Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. When Boris Prokoshev, a sea captain spending his retirement years in a southern Russia village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that devastatingly exploded in Beirut, he was astonished. The 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that blew up in Beirut’s port on Tuesday wasn’t supposed to be in Lebanon at all. It was bound from the Black Sea for Mozambique, but made an unscheduled detour to Beirut and never left there. (AP Photo/Kirill Lemekh)

Captain astonished that his ship delivered Beirut explosive

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

A Lebanese man carries his belongings as he leaves his destroyed house near the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Lebanese army bulldozers plowed through wreckage to reopen roads around Beirut's demolished port on Thursday as the government pledged to investigate the devastating explosion and placed port officials under house arrest. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: Macron says France doesn’t want to run Lebanon

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A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger

By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump again says Lebanon blast might have been attack

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

The scene of the explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut is seen through a damaged apartment in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Prime Minister Hassan Diab, in a short televised speech, has appealed to all countries and friends of Lebanon to extend help to the small nation, saying: &quot;We are witnessing a real catastrophe.&quot; (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

In a horrific instant, a burst of power that ravaged Beirut

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Members of the Securite Civile rescue organisation arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Wednesday, Aug.5, 2020. France is sending two planes to Lebanon on Wednesday with dozens of emergency workers, a mobile medical unit and 15 tons of aid. The aid is expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon and should allow for the treatment of some 500 blast victims, according to French President Emmanuel Macron's office. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

World responds to Lebanon’s plight, France’s Macron to visit

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Destruction is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion on Tuesday flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Australia pledges $1.4M for Beirut relief effort

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Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital Beirut

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times