The shrapnel-riddled Liberty statue, damaged during Lebanon's civil war, in Beirut's Martyrs' Square. AFP
The shrapnel-riddled Liberty statue, damaged during Lebanon's civil war, in Beirut's Martyrs' Square. AFP

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