Former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and his sons Saad, left and Bahaa, centre, perform Umrah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in 2003. Saad would go on to become prime minister in 2009, four years after the assassination of his father. All photos: AFP
Saad Hariri and Solange Gemayel, the widow of assassinated president and Christian warlord Bashir Gemayel, attend a press conference in Beirut in 2005, where Hariri announced his list for the coming elections. Ms Gemayel became a shoo-in for Beirut's only Maronite Christian seat.
Saad with Rafik Hariri's sister, Bahia, during the funeral procession for former minister Bassel Fleihan, Hariri's close aide, who died from wounds sustained in the February 14 bomb blast that killed the prime minister.
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa receives Saad Hariri on December 4, 2005 in Abu Dhabi.
Mr Hariri, newly-elected Lebanese parliamentarian, meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York, in 2005, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Former French president Jacques Chirac with Hariri in 2005, after a meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris.
With Jordan's King Abdullah II on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York, 2005.
US envoy David Welch, left, then assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, meets Mr Hariri in Beirut, in 2007. Mr Welch held talks in Lebanon to discuss a presidential void.
With Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, in 2011.
French President Emmanuel Macron walks between Saad Hariri and UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed, right, as they arrive to attend the Lebanon International Support Group meeting in Paris on December 8, 2017.
Mr Hariri delivers a speech to mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of his father in Beirut, 2015.
With former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, in 2008.
Mr Hariri greets Lebanon's newly-elected Sunni Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Deryan, in 2014.
Former US president George W Bush shares a light moment with Mr Hariri during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, in 2006.
Vice President and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, then Crown Prince of Dubai, receives Mr Hariri in 2005.
With Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Beirut, in 2020.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets Mr Hariri in Moscow, in 2021.
With then Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, in 2005, at the UN in New York.
France's former president Francois Hollande, right, welcomes Mr Hariri to a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, in 2012.
Mr Hariri salutes thousands of supporters in Lebanon's Miniyeh region.
Greeting supporters upon arrival at his home in Beirut, in 2017, after a mysterious odyssey that resulted in him announcing his resignation while in Saudi Arabia. Hariri told cheering supporters that he was staying.
With former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2005.
Meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, in 2005.
