Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

L-R : Lebanese political leader Ashraf Rifi and Minister of Justice Adel Nassar seen among protesters by the port, where a terrible explosion took place five years earlier, on August 4, 2020, killing hundreds and destroying parts of the city, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

Protesters and Victims Families Mark 5th Anniversary of Port Blast - Beirut

L-R : Lebanese political leader Ashraf Rifi and Minister of Justice Adel Nassar seen among protesters by the port, where a terrible explosion took place five years earlier, on August 4, 2020, killing hundreds and destroying parts of the city, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reconstruction in Gaza advances at snail pace amid donors' absence

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Skateboarding helps Gazan youths cope with psychological effects of war

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MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATEBOARDING

MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATEBOARDING

(220606) -- GAZA, June 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rajab Al-Rifi (L, center) teaches a boy to skateboard near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on May 23, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Skateboarding helps Gazan youths cope with psychological effects of war

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (L) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (C) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (front) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (3rd R) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (C) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(SP)MIDEAST-GAZA-SKATE

(220521) -- GAZA, May 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian young trainer Rajab Al-Rifi (C) gives a skate training for Palestinian boy near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)