Mar 16, 2021
Port Explosion in Beirut,
A few minutes after 6pm on August 4, 2020, a massive explosion shook Beirut, obliterating its port and destroying swathes of the city.
At least 200 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured when 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated. The material had been stored in a warehouse in Beirut’s port since being seized by custom authorities in 2014, despite repeated warnings of the danger from port officials and its proximity to a densely populated area of the city.
Photographer: Lorenzo Tugnoli,
Contrasto, for The Washington Post
(World Press Photo of the Year)