Friday, August 4, marks three years since the blast in Beirut port, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts ever recorded, which killed at least 220 people, injured thousands and damaged large parts of the capital.
Ammonium nitrate
The cause of the explosion, according to Lebanese authorities, was the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port after a ship bound for Mozambique was forced to cancel its voyage due to technical and financial problems. The substance is used in artificial fertilizers and also to manufacture explosives.
Several investigations into the incident have been launched and despite the fact that politicians are said to have known about the large quantities of ammonium nitrate, no one has yet been held accountable for why nothing was done about the dangerous storage.
Hear how Stina Blomgren lists how different parts of Lebanese society have recovered in the clip above.