Lebanon’s new parliament narrowly elects longtime speaker

Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)