Your Thursday Briefing

> Beirut blasts, Germany, Hiroshima: Here’s what you need to know. ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjIxNzcyJmxheW91dD1tYXJxdWVlJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1NQkVfMjAyMDA4MDYmbGk9TUJFVwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0SyaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0SyaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNi9icmllZmluZy9iZWlydXQtYmxhc3RzLWdlcm1hbnktaGlyb3NoaW1hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfZGtfMjAyMDA4MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjEwMTUmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Thursday, Aug 6, 2020 | [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNi9icmllZmluZy9iZWlydXQtYmxhc3RzLWdlcm1hbnktaGlyb3NoaW1hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Supported by Good morning. We’re covering Beirut’s search for answers, lessons from Germany’s coronavirus testing and the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. By Isabella Kwai An army helicopter dropped water on the blast site at Beirut’s port on Wednesday. Hussein Malla/Associated Press Beirut searches for survivors, and answers Rescue workers, still struggling to treat thousands of people wounded in the enormous explosion in Beirut, turned their attention to [the desperate search for survivors](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9iZWlydXQtZXhwbG9zaW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA4MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjEwMTUmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyNsaW5rLTIzMjQ0MDA1VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). At least 135 people were killed in the blast, which leveled whole sections of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. As many as 300,000 people were displaced from their homes. Anger swelled as people [demanded to know who to blame for the disaster](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QuAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9iZWlydXQtZXhwbG9zaW9uLWxlYmFub24uaHRtbD9hY3Rpb249Y2xpY2smY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA4MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjEwMTUmbW9kdWxlPVRvcCtTdG9yaWVzJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcGd0eXBlPUhvbWVwYWdlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), which may have been caused by the combustion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient in both fertilizer and explosives, that had been stored at the seaport. Many saw the explosion as the culmination of years of mismanagement by the country’s politicians. Lebanese officials said the dangerous cache arrived aboard a Russian-owned cargo ship more than six years ago. The [cargo was headed to Mozambique](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNS93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2JlaXJ1dC1leHBsb3Npb24tc2hpcC5odG0_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA4MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjEwMTUmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), but port officials found the ship to be unseaworthy and impounded it for failing to pay various fees. “We have been waiting for this to be resolved for six years, in vain,” the general manager of the port said. Here’s [what we know so far](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9iZWlydXQtZXhwbG9zaW9uLXdoYXQtaGFwcGVuZWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDgwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTAxNSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Footage of the blast [offers clues about its cause and destructive power](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNS92aWRlby9iZWlydXQtZXhwbG9zaW9uLWZvb3RhZ2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDgwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTAxNSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). And read a personal account from Vivian Yee, one of our Beirut-based reporters, in the Back Story below. How to help: Several organizations have [mobilized in the region](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNS93b3JsZC9ob3ctdG8taGVscC1sZWJhbm9uLWJlaXJ1dC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), including [Lebanon Red Cross](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3VwcG9ydGxyYy5hcHAvZG9uYXRlLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDgwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTAxNSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), [Impact Lebanon](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QMAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmltcGFjdGxlYmFub24ub3JnL2luaXRpYXRpdmVzL2Rpc2FzdGVyLXJlbGllZi1hZnRlci1leHBsb3Npb24taW4tYmVpcnV0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2JmV2ZW50PWZhbHNlJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and [Baytna Baytak](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanVzdGdpdmluZy5jb20vY3Jvd2RmdW5kaW5nL2ltcGFjdC1sZWJhbm9uP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Social distancing at a performance of “Così Fan Tutte” in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday. Barbara Gindl/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Returning Germans get easy virus testing This week, [Germany began requiring coronavirus testing for residents and other travelers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL2dlcm1hbnktY29yb25hdmlydXMtdGVzdC10cmF2ZWxlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDgwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTAxNSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzUzNjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBC4Y4rX2K-pa9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) who enter the country from virus “hot spots.” Such tests can be hard to obtain in the United States, with up to a two-week wait for results and unpredictable costs. But testing in Germany is swift, easy to get and affordable — making the country a leader in using testing as a firewall against the spread of the virus. As Europe reopens, cases have ticked up nearly everywhere, leaving countries in a battle to control outbreaks before they undo months of hard-won progress. Closer look: This week, Germany recorded 879 new coronavirus cases in a single day — part of a rising trend that has begun to worry officials as people return from vacations. Testing has become a primary tool to head off a second wave of infections. Unlike the United States or Britain, both of which discouraged private companies from developing tests, Germany disseminated a test blueprint as soon as it had one. In other news: ■ The [Salzburg Festival](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNS9hcnRzL211c2ljL3NhbHpidXJnLWZlc3RpdmFsLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJFX3BfMjAyMDA4MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjEwMTUmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), the bustling arts event in Austria frequented by the wealthy and elegant, surprised many by forging ahead with a scaled-down program this month, despite the pandemic. ■ Masks became mandatory on Wednesday for everyone over 13 in some parts of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. ■ About one-third of Afghanistan’s population, some 10 million people, have probably had the virus and recovered, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday. Here are the [latest updates](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8wNS93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1jb3ZpZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and [maps of the pandemic](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC91cy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy11cy1jYXNlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan on Wednesday. Dai Kurokawa/EPA, via Shutterstock Remembering Hiroshima, 75 years later City officials and peace activists had envisioned grand events in Hiroshima to commemorate what will probably be [the last major anniversary of the first atomic bombing](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvYXNpYS9oaXJvc2hpbWEtamFwYW4tNzV0aC1hbm5pdmVyc2FyeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CRV9wXzIwMjAwODA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxMDE1Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3Mmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNTM2NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAELhjitfYr6lr1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for most survivors, who are known in Japan as the hibakusha. But the events Thursday were curtailed by the coronavirus. Despite the health risks, about 800 people attended, a tenth of the turnout in a normal year. This year’s commemoration honored the declining population of survivors — about 136,000 — of the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. At the ceremony, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to gradually work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. Bigger picture: The memories of the hibakusha, whose average age is now 83, are an increasingly precious resource. As their numbers fall, they and their supporters must envision a peace movement without the people who have put a human face on the cost of nuclear war. No more nukes: In 2017, the hibakusha’s peace efforts were rewarded with passage of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations. But the treaty has not been signed by nuclear-armed states, or by Japan itself. Most survivors now say that a world free of nuclear weapons is a distant dream. If you have 6 minutes, this is worth it Kenyan students must redo the 2020 school year Khadija Farah for The New York Times For Kenyan students, 2020 is turning out to be the year that disappeared. Education officials said in July that they were canceling the academic year [and would make all students repeat it](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhDhPhP4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDUvd29ybGQvYWZyaWNhL0tlbnlhLWNhbmNlbHMtc2Nob29sLXllYXItY29yb25hdmlydXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkVfcF8yMDIwMDgwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTAxNSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VjdGlvbj1sb25nUmVhZCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM1MzY3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQuGOK19ivqWvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Experts believe Kenya is the only country to take such a drastic measure. “This pandemic has destroyed everything,” said Esther Adhiambo, seen in the center of the photo above, who must repeat her senior year of high school. Kenya’s decision was made not just to protect teachers and students from the coronavirus, but also to address inequality. Many students don’t have the technology needed for remote learning. But researchers say the move may actually widen the existing gaps. Some private schools continued to hold online classes and charge tuition after the school year was canceled. PAID POST: A MESSAGE FROM CAMPAIGN MONITOR TEST: Email Marketing 101: Never Sacrifice Beauty for Simplicity A drag-and-drop email builder, a gallery of templates and turnkey designs, personalized customer journeys, and engagement segments. It's everything you need to create stunning, results-driven email campaigns in minutes. And with Campaign Monitor, you have access to it all, along with award-winning support around the clock. It's beautiful email marketing done simply. 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And now for the Back Story on … Help and care from strangers in Beirut Vivian Yee, a Middle East correspondent based in Beirut, saw her apartment turned into a demolition site by the explosions that pummeled the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. She was injured but soon found help from residents, mostly strangers, who she said treated her like a friend. 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A damaged Beirut hospital. Hassan Ammar/Associated Press As I neared the hospital, elderly patients sat dazed in wheelchairs in the streets, still hooked to their IV bags. A woman lay on the ground in front of the exploded emergency room, her whole body dripping red, not moving much. It was clear that they weren’t taking new patients, certainly not any as comparatively lucky as I was. Someone named Youssef saw me, sat me down and started cleaning and bandaging my face. Once he was satisfied I could walk, he left and I started wandering, trying to think of another hospital I could try. I ran into a friend of a friend, someone I had met only a few times before, and he bandaged the rest of my wounds, disinfecting the lacerations with splashes of Lebanon’s national liquor, an anise-flavored drink called arak. His roommate swept up their terrace as I bloodied their towels. “I can’t think unless it’s clean,” he explained. Before the end of the night, after my co-workers had found me, after a passing driver named Ralph had offered to take us to one of the few hospitals still accepting patients, after a doctor had put 11 staples in my forehead and another sprinkling on my leg and arms, people would be saying the same thing to me: Thank God for your safety. “Thank you,” I said in reply, “truly thank you,” and I didn’t mean just for the good wishes. That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. — Isabella Thank you To Theodore Kim and Jahaan Singh for the break from the news. You can reach the team at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing+midnight@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback&te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_MBE_p_20200806§ion=endNote). 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