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Protesters sit outside the damaged windows of a BLOM Bank SAL bank branch in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Tens of thousands of Lebanese have flooded the streets nationwide in the past week, taking aim at the political elites they blame for entrenched corruption and worsening living conditions. Photographer: Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Protesters sit outside the damaged windows of a BLOM Bank SAL bank branch in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Tens of thousands of Lebanese have flooded the streets nationwide in the past week, taking aim at the political elites they blame for entrenched corruption and worsening living conditions. Photographer: Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images