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Middle East updates: Hezbollah to fight after pager blasts

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Ambulances driving down a crowded street in Beirut

Lebanon: What we know about the Hezbollah pager attack

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'Very anxious morning in Beirut': DW's Beirut correspondent

'Very anxious morning in Beirut': DW's Beirut correspondent

The explosions of thousands of pagers used by Lebanon's Hezbollah have brought public life in Beirut to a standstill.

An ambulance arriving at the American University hospital in Beirut, Lebanon

An ambulance arriving at the American University hospital in Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon pagers: Explosions kill several, injure thousands

Lebanon pagers: Explosions kill several, injure thousands

Hezbollah said two of its members were killed, while the Lebanese Health Ministry put the death toll at 9.

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Children on the street

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Lebanon: Life in the shadow of war

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Elephants, oryx, giraffes, zebra and elephants at a watering hole.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on her way to a press conference

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The youth performers of the Piccolo Theater stand posing next to each other, wearing black

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A row of people roped together walk up the side of a glacier in Noway.

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A competitor gallops around the course at Germany first hobby horsing championship in Frankfurt/Main.

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