Syrian refugees in Lebanon - in pictures

Some of those who came in search of safety have been living in the Akkar camp for years now

Umm Hassan, 43, a Syrian refugee and the female supervisor of a camp, in Akkar, Lebanon. Syrian refugees have been living Lebanon for years but Covid-19 and economic collapse are making it even harder to spend this Ramadan away from home. EPA

A Syrian refugee girl outside her tent at a camp in Akkar, Lebanon. The spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse of the Lebanese pound have added to the misery of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. EPA

A Syrian girl who suffers from scoliosis sits inside a tent at a Syrian refugees camp in Akkar, Lebanon. EPA

A Syrian girl sits inside a tent at a refugee camp in Akkar, Lebanon. EPA

A toddler who suffers from scoliosis sits on the floor inside her tent at a Syrian refugee in Akkar, Lebanon. EPA

Syrian refugee Raed Mattar, 24, works on his tent at a makeshift refugee camp in the town of Rihaniyye in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. AP Photo

Rayan, an 18-month-old Syrian refugee, plays inside her parents' tent before they break their Ramadan fast at a makeshift refugee camp, in the town of Bhannine in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. AP Photo

Raed Mattar, 24, centre, his wife Ayesha Al Abed, 21, and daughters Rahaf, 6, left, Rayan, 18 months old, and a friend, break their Ramadan fast in their tent at a makeshift refugee camp, in the town of Bhannine in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. AP Photo

A teenaged Syrian refugee prepares Iftar hours before breaking day-long Ramadan fast at her tent inside a refugee camp in Akkar, Lebanon. EPA

Children gather around a man beating a drum at a Syrian refugee camp in the southern Lebanese town of Ebel Al Saqi during Ramadan. AFP

Syrian refugee youths play together at a temporary settlement in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Reuters

Shoes hang on a fence at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Reuters

Hussein Al Khaled sits with his granddaughter outside a tent at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Reuters

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