
Beirut Port Blast
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.

The destroyed port of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020

A buiding with windows blown out in Beirut's port explosion, Gemmayze, 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

A collapsed building in the Mar Mikhael neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020

Blown out buildings including the main electricity building on the right, Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon 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

The destroyed port of Beirut, Lebanon, 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

A blown out window in the building next to the AlAbad home in the Karatina neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020

Mahmoud 26, and Abdullah AlAbad 26, relatives of the injured AbdulKhaleq. 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.

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.

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, shows a picture on his cell phone of his sister that 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

Beirut port flanked by residential and office buildings that sustained heavy damage during the Beirut port blast. August 11, 2020