A Lebanese demonstrator—Cynthia Aboujaoude, her face painted as the DC comic book and film character the Joker, but using the colors of Lebanon's flag—takes part in a protest in Beirut's Martyr's Square on October 19, 2019. #

This combination of photographs created on October 22, 2019, shows Lebanese demonstrators in several different areas of the country carrying placards as they protest, demanding a sweeping overhaul of Lebanon's political system. #

A woman wearing face paint depicting a Lebanese cedar tree and the Arabic word revolution looks on during a demonstration on the sixth day of protest against tax increases and official corruption, in Beirut's downtown district on October 22, 2019. #

An anti-government protester with Arabic on his back that reads "I fight to live" makes victory signs in front of a roadblock made of burning tires during a protest against the government's plans to impose new taxes, in Beirut on October 18, 2019. #

Riot police stand guard as anti-government protesters try to remove a barbed-wire barrier to advance toward government buildings during a protest in Beirut on October 19, 2019. #

Following a night of violence between police and demonstrators, female protesters stand between riot police and demonstrators during a peaceful protest in Riadh Solh Square in downtown Beirut on October 19, 2019. #

A demonstrator holds a Lebanese national flag as he sits atop a statue in Martyr's Square, with the Al-Amin mosque in the background, during an anti-government protest in Beirut on October 22, 2019. #

This picture taken on October 24, 2019, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli shows a boy passing by graffiti painted on a wall at al-Nour Square in the city center. The graffiti depicts two clasped hands painted in the colors of the Lebanese national flag; it was painted by a Palestinian refugee, Ghayath al-Rawbeh, who was originally a refugee in Syria but fled with the start of the Syrian crisis. #

Children help Lebanese members of a civil-society group clear rubbish on a street in Beirut's downtown district, following a night of protests against tax increases and official corruption, on October 21, 2019. #

Lebanese protesters chant anti-government slogans during a broadcast by their president, in the town of Jal el-Dib, Lebanon, on October 24, 2019, as demonstrations for better living conditions and the ouster of a cast of politicians who have monopolized power and influence for decades continue. #