A Close Call
A demonstrator walks past burning
tires during protests on October 17
against Lebanon’s plan to tax calls
made on WhatsApp, FaceTime
and other apps. Hours later the
government reversed course on the
20 cent daily fee. But in the midst of an
economic crisis with the government
declaring a state of “economic
emergency” and public debts totaling
150 percent of gross domestic
product, uncertainty remains.Broken Record
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge crosses the
ɿnish line on October 12 to become
the ɿrst person to break the twohour
barrier for a marathondistance runŜa
feat he compared to reaching the moon.
The run, which was not an ofɿcial
marathon, was perfectly engineered
and included a pacesetting laser
projected from a car that was
followed by pacesetters running in an
aerodynamic “V” formation. Kipchoge’s
ɿnal time was 1hr 5 min 40.2sec.Cry From the Heart
A girl cries during her father’s funeral
on October 16. The city has been
paralyzed by anticorruption protests
for more than six weeks with mounting
calls for President Jovenel Moise to
resign. Tens of thousands of people
have ʀooded the streets and 1 people
have died in violent clashes. On top
of a fuel shortage, Haitians are also
struggling with a lack of access to safe
water and food. Half of the country’s
population lives below the poverty line.Ơ ANWAR AMRO Ơ ALEX HALADA Ơ CHANDAN KHANNABEIRUT VIENNA PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI8 NEWSWEEK.COM NOVEMBER 01, 2019