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Beirut – A video showing anti-government protesters in Lebanon singing ‘Baby Shark’ to try comfort a scared child took went viral on social media.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded streets across Lebanon since Thursday, furious at a political class they accuse of pushing the economy to the point of collapse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Banks and schools remained shut on Tuesday. Early in the morning, the number of protesters in central Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli appeared smaller than on previous days.<\/p>\n

The protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful since Friday evening when some demonstrators clashed with the security forces in central Beirut.<\/p>\n

Late on Monday, soldiers skirmished in Beirut with young men on motorcycles holding the flags of the powerful Shia movements Hezbollah and Amal. Both parties denied any role.<\/p>\n