People were photographed by Lebanese flags as families flocked to the bridge facing the explosion at the port.
Some others studied the damage caused by Tuesday’s explosion and paid tribute to the victims, while others saw it as a convenient opportunity to take sunny photographs.
After Beirut’s selfies gave the impression on social media, Twitter users temporarily condemned those who posted photos.
One of them said with dismay: “Aren’t the other people who go to Beirut and take selfies and publish them? Beirut is not lately a position where aesthetics can be checked.
“Either you stop there to help or you stay home. Don’t do that kind of thing.
@Hrrykisses added: “Do some other people also go to the crash site and take selfies and go through sightseeing? This does not suit me, as do Lebanese who lately are injured or die of sadness because it happened (sic).
“It shows that other people don’t care.”
One user claimed that other people “don’t deserve to be Lebanese.”
Razan said: “Ok listen. Beirut is in pieces. People are missing. People are homeless. If you are Lebanese and feel the need to post SELFIES and random stuff about how good your life is on your stories at this time.
“Shame on you. You don’t deserve to be Lebanese.”
Tuesday’s explosion killed more than a hundred people and injured thousands after an explosion devastated parts of the capital.
The “nuclear-blast” was heard over 110 miles away in Cyprus.
The explosion occurred when a chimney spread to a warehouse containing more than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate where protection measures had been stored for six years.
Security resources reportedly claimed that a welder was the initial fire.
The giant explosion that ripped the garments from people’s bodies, ripped off the balconies of buildings and blew cars up the air like toys.
Dozens of wounded were treated outdoors on stretchers, while several hospitals in Beirut were destroyed by the explosion.
The pain and what followed the initial explosion turned to anger and resentment towards the Lebanese government.
The protests broke out after the “nuclear-type” explosion, which accounts for one-fifth of Hiroshima’s length.
Anti-government protests continued after the president admitted he was aware of the huge expans of explosives a few weeks before the explosions.
Violent riots when protesters threw stones at security forces blocking a road near parliament.
A chimney broke out at the front of Parliament Square as protesters attempted to break into a scorned domain on Sunday, according to Lebanese television footage.
Riot police wearing body armour and carrying batons clashed with demonstrators in chaotic scenes.
Thousands of demonstrators were converging on Parliament Square and nearby Martyrs’ Square.
“We must destroy and kill the government,” said Nissan Ghawri, a 19-year-old unemployed protester.
“They didn’t give us any paintings or rights.”
A message circulating on social media through angry protesters read: “Prepare the gallows because our anger doesn’t stop in a day.”
The explosion came at a time when Lebanon is going through its worst economic and monetary crisis in decades.
The blockade of the coronavirus has sunk the country’s already-suffering economy in freefall.
Political tensions are developing between Israel and Hezbollah’s militant organization along the country’s southern border.
World leaders have pledged to send the affected country.
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