Lebanon marks a grim anniversary this week. It’s been one year since the blast at the port of Beirut that killed more than 200 people. Thousands more were injured and displaced. Overall, it’s been a brutal year for Lebanon — an unprecedented financial crisis has left citizens in poverty, lacking food and medicine. Reporter Rebecca Collard has the story from Beirut.
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