The days following the Beirut port blast which decimated half the city, killed hundred and injured countless others. Images for NRC Handelsblad and some additional personal archival images. August 2020.
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![A buiding with windows blown out in Beirut's port explosion, Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020.]()
A buiding with windows blown out in Beirut's port explosion, Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020.
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![A woman walks through an intersection in the Gemmayze neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon after a massive explosion in the city's port killed over 160 people, injuring thousands and rendered hundreds of thousands homeless. Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020]()
A woman walks through an intersection in the Gemmayze neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon after a massive explosion in the city's port killed over 160 people, injuring thousands and rendered hundreds of thousands homeless. Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020
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![Blown out buildings including the main electricity building on the right, Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon August 9, 2020]()
Blown out buildings including the main electricity building on the right, Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon August 9, 2020
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![A group of residential buildings overlooking the port in Mar Mikhael neighborhood have all been severly damaged by the blast at Beirut's port. August 9, 2020]()
A group of residential buildings overlooking the port in Mar Mikhael neighborhood have all been severly damaged by the blast at Beirut's port. August 9, 2020
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![Abdul Khaleq AlAbad, 27, lays on a mattress of the floor of a home he shares with five other families, after being injured in the Beirut port blast that ripped through the city. August 11, 2020]()
Abdul Khaleq AlAbad, 27, lays on a mattress of the floor of a home he shares with five other families, after being injured in the Beirut port blast that ripped through the city. August 11, 2020
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![A blown out window in the building next to the AlAbad home in the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020]()
A blown out window in the building next to the AlAbad home in the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020
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![Laundry hung on the balcony of the AlAbad home with a view of broken windows in the neighboring building of the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11. 2020.]()
Laundry hung on the balcony of the AlAbad home with a view of broken windows in the neighboring building of the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11. 2020.
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![Laundry hung on the balcony of the AlAbad home of the port from the balcony in the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11. 2020.]()
Laundry hung on the balcony of the AlAbad home of the port from the balcony in the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11. 2020.
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![Mahmoud Ali Al Keno, 26, poses for a portrait in front of the building where he lost his sister and his family were gravely injured as a result of the blast at Beirut's port. August 11, 2020]()
Mahmoud Ali Al Keno, 26, poses for a portrait in front of the building where he lost his sister and his family were gravely injured as a result of the blast at Beirut's port. August 11, 2020
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![Mahmoud Ali Al Keno, 26, shows a picture on his cell phone of his sister that died as a result of the Beirut port blast. August 11, 2020]()
Mahmoud Ali Al Keno, 26, shows a picture on his cell phone of his sister that died as a result of the Beirut port blast. August 11, 2020
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![The spot where Mahmoud Ali Al Keno's sister died as a result of the Beirut port blast, August 11, 2020]()
The spot where Mahmoud Ali Al Keno's sister died as a result of the Beirut port blast, August 11, 2020
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![Beirut port flanked by residential and office buildings that sustained heavy damage during the Beirut port blast. August 11, 2020]()
Beirut port flanked by residential and office buildings that sustained heavy damage during the Beirut port blast. August 11, 2020