PHOTOS: Scenes of celebration, defiance as ceasefire takes hold in Lebanon

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A man waves a Lebanese flag as he stands amidst the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli strikes, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Tyre, Lebanon on November 27. — Reuters
A man waves a Lebanese flag as he stands amidst the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli strikes, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Tyre, Lebanon on November 27. — Reuters

Two men, one gesturing with a victory sign and the other holding a poster with an image of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, sit on a two wheeler vehicle near buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Lebanon on November 27. — Reuters
Two men, one gesturing with a victory sign and the other holding a poster with an image of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, sit on a two wheeler vehicle near buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Lebanon on November 27. — Reuters

A Lebanese girl gestures as she arrives in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on November 27 as displaced people make their way back to their homes in the south of Lebanon after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. —AFP
A Lebanese girl gestures as she arrives in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on November 27 as displaced people make their way back to their homes in the south of Lebanon after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. —AFP

A man gestures as he and his family drive on a road in the village of Ferzol, in the eastern Beqaa valley on November 27 as displaced people make their way back to their homes after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. — AFP
A man gestures as he and his family drive on a road in the village of Ferzol, in the eastern Beqaa valley on November 27 as displaced people make their way back to their homes after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. — AFP

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