In Pictures: Lebanon's capital Beirut rocked by massive explosion, killing more than 70 and injuring thousands

The death toll is expected to climb as emergency workers raced to find survivors buried under rubble.

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August 5, 2020 at 8:19 AM

A rescue worker tends to an injured man following an explosion at the port of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

People gather outside the American University of Beirut (AUB) medical centre following an explosion in Beirut on Aug 5, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Lebanese army commandos deploy in the partially destroyed trendy neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael following an explosion at the port of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Lebanese rescue workers cover the body of a dead man following an explosion at the port of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Smoke billows from the harbour area with damage and debris after a large explosion rocked the harbour of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People gather by cars destroyed following an explosion at the port of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Debris is seen on a main road in Beirut at sunset following a twin explosion that shook the port of Lebanon's capital on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man carries away an injured girl while walking through debris in the Achrafiyeh district in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Lebanese army soldier and a man carry an injured man in the aftermath of an explosion in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man reacts at the scene of an explosion at the port in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A view shows the damaged Cavalier Hotel in the Al-Hamra area in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People injured in the explosion receive first aid at Najjar Hospital in the Al-Hamra area in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Wounded people walk near the site of an explosion at the port in Beirut on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The view of destruction at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut following a massive explosion on Aug 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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