Standout photo, video coverage of Lebanon demonstrations
By Bassam Hatoum, Andrea Rosa, Fadi Tawil, Hussein Malla, Hassan Ammar and Bilal Hussein
The Beirut team of Bassam Hatoum, senior producer; Andrea Rosa, video journalist; Fadi Tawil, camera operator; and photographers Hussein Malla, Hassan Ammar and Bilal Hussein, for outstanding visual coverage of the protests that have enveloped Lebanon, including beautifully produced edits of clashes between anti- and pro-government demonstrators, dramatic live video that captured the destruction of the protest camp by Hezbollah supporters, and consistently powerful photo coverage.
Police remove an anti-government protester blocking a main highway in Beirut, Oct. 26, 2019. – AP Photo / Hussein Malla
Anti-government protesters burn tires to block a highway that links Beirut to northern Lebanon, during a protest against the Lebanese government in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Oct. 28, 2019. – AP Photo / Hassan Ammar
An anti-government protester calms another who broke into tears after Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced he was submitting his resignation – meeting one of the protesters’ – main demands, in front of the government palace in Beirut, Oct. 29, 2019. – AP Photo / Bilal Hussein
A supporter of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri burns garbage containers to block a main road in Beirut, Oct. 29, 2019. Hariri resigned earlier in the day, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators. – AP Photo / Bilal Hussein
Anti-government protesters scuffle with Lebanese army soldiers in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Nov. 5, 2019. Lebanese troops deployed in different parts of the country were reopening roads and main thoroughfares closed by anti-government protesters, tounching off confrontations. – AP Photo / Hassan Ammar
