Lebanon: daily life in exile

© Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

FROM OCTOBER 6 TO NOVEMBER 8

Lebanon: daily life in exile

War never begins on a front line. It takes hold, it spreads, it leaves its mark on faces and in the silences.
Since 28 February 2026, Lebanon has once again been ravaged by violence. Israeli bombardments have reshaped the landscape, shattered towns and scattered lives. Hundreds of thousands of women, men and children have set off northwards, taking with them whatever they could — often almost nothing.
These images were captured there, at the heart of this devastation.
Taken by Reuters photographers — whether Lebanese or foreign correspondents — they do not seek to depict the war from a distance. They get up close, right next to the bodies and the gazes. They show what becomes of people’s lives when everything is turned upside down: families living in limbo and exile, homes reduced to rubble, nights spent without shelter.
But they also tell another story, persistently.
Amidst the dust and ruins, life continues to cling on. There are those simple gestures that endure, those children who still smile without knowing whether it is innocence or courage, those adults whose tears convey what words can no longer express.
Here, it is not merely a matter of documenting. It is a matter of bearing witness. Of being present. Of looking the reality in the face.
Each photograph is a fragment of memory in the process of being formed — fragile, immediate, indispensable. A way of saying: this is happening, right now. And it must be seen.

Meet the Reuters photographers on Saturday 10 October at 3.30 pm at the exhibition

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