THE WEEK IN NUMBERS
Lebanon’s crisis, New Black Wall Street, Venus and space squids
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THE WEEK IN NUMBERS
Lebanon’s crisis, New Black Wall Street, Venus and space squids
Lebanon’s crisis, New Black Wall Street, Venus and space squids
Lebanon’s crisis, New Black Wall Street, Venus and space squids
Activists arrested and as many as 7,000 police to be deployed after annual vigil banned for a second year.
![Smoke rises from a fire on board the MV X-Press Pearl. Salvage experts failed to tow the fire-stricken container ship, raising fears of a marine environmental disaster, officials said. [Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-03T012026Z_2038908744_RC2ASN9P26T8_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-SHIP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![A navy spokesperson said the ship could cause severe pollution if it sinks at its current location off the port of Colombo. [Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-02T153306Z_871714519_RC2ASN94401Z_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-SHIP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Sri Lankan Navy soldiers work to remove damaged containers that washed ashore from the burning cargo vessel. [Chamila Karunarathne/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/h_56932388.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Sri Lankan navy members pull a sack with debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl. [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-05-28T063811Z_135013035_RC2RON9DBG7C_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-SHIP-FIRE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![The fire on board The MV X-Press Pearl erupted on May 20 when the ship was anchored about 9.5 nautical miles (18 kilometres) northwest of Colombo and waiting to enter the port. [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-02T142619Z_11371516_RC2BSN9TFBY8_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-SHIP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Sri Lanka Air Force personnel collect and clear debris that washed onto the beach from damaged containers on the burning cargo vessel MV X-Press Pearl. [Chamila Karunarathne/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/h_56932386.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![There are fears that hundreds of tonnes of oil from the vessel's fuel tanks could also leak into the sea if it sinks, devastating nearby marine life. [Chamila Karunarathne/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/h_56926396.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![A tugboat, right, from the Dutch salvage firm SMIT trying to tow the fire-stricken MV X-Press Pearl away from the coast of Colombo. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_9B93CN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![The blaze has destroyed most of the ship’s cargo. Some containers tumbled into the sea, polluting surrounding waters and a long stretch of the island nation’s famed beaches. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_9B93UN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)