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BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 18: Protesters unload tyres from a car which they'll burn to block a highway in Beirut, Lebanon during unrest sparked by economic difficulties on October 18, 2019. Protests flared this week after the government proposed taxing messaging services like Whatsapp, which came on the heels of an unpopular austerity budget passed in July, intended to deal with a ballooning deficit. (Photo by Sam Tarling/Getty Images)

BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 18: Protesters unload tyres from a car which they'll burn to block a highway in Beirut, Lebanon during unrest sparked by economic difficulties on October 18, 2019. Protests flared this week after the government proposed taxing messaging services like Whatsapp, which came on the heels of an unpopular austerity budget passed in July, intended to deal with a ballooning deficit. (Photo by Sam Tarling/Getty Images)