An explosion rocked Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, killing many and injuring thousands.
He poses for photographs next to Lebanese flags on a bridge overlooking Beirut’s destroyed port. Picture: Nabil Mounzer Source: AAP
A couple who posed in a series of glamorous outdoor photographs at the site of the devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, has been criticized online.
The couple were seen on a bridge near the destroyed segment of the city over the weekend photographing themselves in model poses.
In the blink of an eye taken by the photographer from the photo shoot, you can see the woman leaning in front of a ramp in front of the butcher shop, throwing back her curly blonde hair, dressed in a pair of oversized sunglasses, flowery shorts, stilettos. and a matching real blue top that showed her belly.
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He poses for photographs next to Lebanese flags on a bridge overlooking Beirut’s destroyed port. Picture: Nabil Mounzer Source: AAP
The guy also posed with his right hand on his sunglasses as Lebanese flags waved near them.
Spectators watched disbelief as the two men took turns perching near the ruined harbor where more than 200 people were killed in the August 4 blast and thousands were injured.
The European Press Photography Agency’s leading regional photographer, Nabil Mounzer, captured images from the couple’s photo shoot, the New York Post reported, and many called the couple’s movement “selfish.”
“How tasteless!” one became enraged online.
“Arrogant, rude and self-centered as possible, ” added another.
“I have to admit it without classes,” a third user commented, while a fourth user wrote, “What about others? The dead are dead! Is our denial of death so strong that we denigrate others because they live because no one? has been harmed by the movements of those other people, no one!
The two men took turns taking glamorous photographs near the site where more than two hundred people were killed and 6,000 injured. Source: AAP
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Following the fatal explosion through 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced the resignation of his entire government.
Buildings destroyed the day after the explosion. Picture: Daniel Carde / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
In a fierce speech, Diab criticized Lebanon’s ruling elite for allowing “a device of corruption larger than the state” and the explosion of an “earthquake that shook the country.”
“We fought with courage and dignity, ” he said, referring to his cabinet.
“Between us and the replacement there is a hard and wonderful barrier.
“We have to support people.”
The resignation came after three ministers and seven deputies resigned.
Since then, Australia has pledged $5 million to Lebanon in the wake of the Beirut explosion.
Authorities said a waterfront warehouse that stores explosive materials, or 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, was the cause of the explosion. Photo: Bassem EL HAGE / AFP Source: AFP
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that while Australia is from Lebanon, it has long-standing ties to the country through its gigantic Lebanese-Australian community.
The cash will be channelled by foreign partners, adding the United Nations World Food Programme, the Red Cross and UNICEF.