• Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, centre right, President Michel Aoun, centre, and House Speaker Nabih Berri attend a military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in Beirut. AFP
    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, centre right, President Michel Aoun, centre, and House Speaker Nabih Berri attend a military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in Beirut. AFP
  • Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
    Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
    Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
    Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese internal security take part in a military parade. Reuters
    Lebanese internal security take part in a military parade. Reuters
  • Members of the Lebanese security forces take part in a military parade. AFP
    Members of the Lebanese security forces take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese General Security forces take part in a military parade. AFP
    Lebanese General Security forces take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese General Security forces female cadets take part in a military parade. AFP
    Lebanese General Security forces female cadets take part in a military parade. AFP
  • Lebanese soldiers from an explosives unit march during a military parade. AP Photo
    Lebanese soldiers from an explosives unit march during a military parade. AP Photo
  • Lebanese commandos take part in a military parade. Reuters
    Lebanese commandos take part in a military parade. Reuters
  • President Aoun rides on a jeep as he attends a military parade. AFP
    President Aoun rides on a jeep as he attends a military parade. AFP

Lebanon's independence day military parade - in pictures


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Lebanon marked 75 years of independence from France with a military parade in Beirut - but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate.

In addition to longstanding issues such as a crumbling infrastructure, the highest refugee per capita ratio in the world and rising environmental fears, Lebanon has been without a government for six months as politicians bicker about power-sharing.

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