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Lebanese welcome Eid al-Adha amid financial crisis

STORY: Lebanese welcome Eid al-Adha amid financial crisis DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views and markets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MARWAN MERHEB, Lebanese citizen 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ZAKIA EL KHATIB, Sweets shop worker in Beirut STORYLINE: The Lebanese welcome this year's Eid al-Adha amid dire financial crisis as the collapse of the local currency has caused a huge drop in their purchasing power. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MARWAN MERHEB, Lebanese citizen "In the midst of the economic, financial and living situation, the Lebanese try to grab opportunities that make their holiday better. In the midst of these conditions, the Lebanese love to be happy and to smile and they can adapt to the reality. But this year's holiday is not a happy occasion for the Lebanese population." Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, is one of the most anticipated celebrations in the Muslim world. The dire economic situation in Lebanon has fo

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Sinabung Volcano Prolonged Eruption - Indonesia

A resident of Kuta Rayat village, Walid Zakia Siregar, 32, seen showing a comparison photo about the condition of Kuta Rayat village water axis were impacted by volcanic mud rain during eruption on January 2014 ago, with the current condition of the same spot were seen getting be normally as aftermath Sinabung volcano prolonged eruption on August 7, 2021 in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Around 800 million people live and work in 1,508 danger zones for active volcanoes spread across 86 countries on the 'ring of fire' around the world. One of them is Sinabung which has started to erupt for a long time since August 27, 2010 after dormant 400 years ago. The history of the Sinabung volcanic eruption records that 28 people died of panic and were swept away by giant hot clouds in a row in 2010, 2014 and 2016, until now the eruption continues. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (R) competes against Ukraine's Viktoriia Marchuk in the quarterfinals of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class repechage event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi is pictured after losing to Ukraine's Viktoriia Marchuk in the quarterfinals of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class repechage event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (L) and Uzbekistan's Ziyodakhon Isakova compete in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (L) and Uzbekistan's Ziyodakhon Isakova compete in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (R) and Uzbekistan's Ziyodakhon Isakova compete in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (C) is pictured after losing to Uzbekistan's Ziyodakhon Isakova (R) in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (C) is pictured before competing in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (R) is pictured before competing in the round of 16 of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.