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When stores of ammonium nitrate exploded at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, the city’s notoriously strained power grid sustained significant damage, leaving thousands in the dark. Though some power lines have since been restored, widespread darkness persists. There are daily rolling blackouts, and the private backup generator system is too expensive for most people to afford. It’s “light poverty,” says Nathalie Rozot, founder of New York–based lighting think tank PhoScope. “Kids can’t study. You can’t cook at home. Life outside is dangerous: People can be attacked or can fall and hurt themselves.”

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