Word Press Photo 2007 Award

An image of stylish Lebanese youths driving through a Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombing, taken by U.S. photographer Spencer Platt, has won the World Press Photo of the Year Award.The image contrasts a group of friends against a background of the wreckage of a collapsed building in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The photo was taken on Aug. 15, the second day of a cease-fire between Israel and Hizbullah, as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese began returning to their homes. It also won in the category of "Daily Life Singles."
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Un'auto sportiva rosso "ferrari", giovani alla moda, belle ragazze, occhiali da sole e cellulari di ultima generazione. E sullo sfondo le macerie teatro dei bombardamenti a tappeto sino alla sera prima.
Ho pensato subito: "Questo è il Libano"