Lebanese protest outside the parliament in Beirut as lawmakers fail for the 11th time to elect a president and the Lebanese pound hits an all-time low agains the dollar on the black market. Since an unprecedented financial crisis hit in late 2019, the Lebanese currency has lost more than 95 percent of its value, plunging much of the population into poverty. Factional deadlock has left the country largely leaderless in the face of the crisis, with a vacant presidency, a central bank under European investigation and a government with only caretaker powers. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES