39K views · 343 reactions | UPDATE: A massive explosion has hit the Lebanese capital Beirut, videos from witnesses have shown. Smoke could be seen billowing above the city's port following the explosion. There was damage to windows of several buildings, journalists at the scene reported. It is unknown whether anyone was injured in the blast or what caused it but witness footage showed several buildings falling near the explosion. | Euronews English | Facebook

Pope Leo has prayed with survivors of the 2020 Beirut explosion at the end of his trip to Lebanon. On the site of the blast, the Pope blessed emotional survivors of the disaster which killed over 200 people. CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb reports. https://cnn.it/3MaeCh3 | CNN International

In 2020, a massive explosion in the port of Beirut devastated the city. Among the wreckage was a previously unknown painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated woman painter of 17th-century Italy. That painting, now restored, is now on display in an exhibition focused on the in-depth conservation treatment executed by Getty conservators to repair the damaged artwork. Accompanied by four of Gentileschi’s other paintings, the installation highlights Gentileschi's special focus on 'donne