Photos show displaced Lebanese sheltering in Beirut as the war escalates

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Photos show displaced Lebanese sheltering in Beirut as the war escalates

2026-03-30 23:56 Last Updated At：03-31 00:01

Beirut, LEBANON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese displaced by the escalating war between Israel and Hezbollah have poured into Beirut, seeking refuge wherever space is available.

Families from southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of the capital known as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah has its main operations and support base, are now living in makeshift tents along the Beirut corniche, in classrooms turned into shelters, a sports stadium and even inside hospitals.

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Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut's southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut's southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit inside tents used as shelters as a rainbow breaks through the rain in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut's southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut's southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit inside tents used as shelters as a rainbow breaks through the rain in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Entire communities have been uprooted, forced to flee their homes as airstrikes and evacuation orders have emptied villages and neighborhoods. The sudden influx into Beirut has transformed public spaces and strained limited resources.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

US stocks rise in shaky trading as oil prices keep climbing

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are swinging again Monday as oil prices keep climbing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in midday trading, coming off its worst week since the war with Iran began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 411 points, or 0.9%, as of 11:50 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher.

That followed gains for stock markets in much of Europe, but caution was still prevalent throughout financial markets. After jumping to an initial gain of 0.9%, the S&P 500 quickly erased virtually all of it before drifting back upward. Stocks in some Asian markets fell sharply, while the price for a barrel of Brent crude delivered in June rose 1.9% to $107.28.

The mixed movements followed a whirlwind of action in the war over the weekend, including an entry into the fighting by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The main issue for investors is whether oil and natural gas can resume their full flow from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide and prevent a brutal blast of inflation.

Shortly before the U.S. stock market opened for trading Monday, President Donald Trump said on his social media network that “great progress has been made” with “A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran.”

But he also threatened the possibility of “blowing up and completely obliterating” Iranian power plants if a deal is not reached shortly and if the Strait of Hormuz, an integral waterway for the flow of oil, is not opened immediately.

The statement fit and condensed last week’s pattern, where Trump would tout progress being made in talks and offer some optimism for the market, only for doubts to rise quickly afterward about whether the war can end soon.

All the back and forth has some investors saying they’re giving Trump’s pronouncements less weight than before. But stock prices are nevertheless cheaper than they were before the war, which has some investors waiting for an opportune time to buy.

The S&P 500 finished last week 8.7% below its all-time high, which was set in January. The Dow and Nasdaq both were more than 10% below their records, a steep-enough fall that professional investors call it a “correction.”

Taking into account how much profits are expected to grow in the coming year for companies in the S&P 500, the index looks 17% cheaper than before the war, by one measure. That’s in a similar range as where prior growth scares for the market ended, as long as they didn’t result in a recession or the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates, according to strategists at Morgan Stanley.

That’s one of the signs that the strategists led by Michael Wilson point to as “growing evidence the S&P 500 correction is getting closer to its ending stages.”

Of course, the Federal Reserve could upset that if it decides oil prices are threatening to stay high for long enough that it needs to raise interest rates. Higher interest rates would help keep a lid on inflation, but they would also slow the economy and push down on prices for all kinds of investments.

Treasury yields have been leaping in the bond market since the war began because of such worries, but they eased somewhat on Monday.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.33% from 4.44% late Friday. That’s a significant move for the bond market and offers some breathing room for Wall Street. But it remains far above its 3.97% level from before the war.

Easing bond yields can help the real estate industry in particular. Not only do they lower borrowing costs, they can also make real-estate stocks that pay relatively high dividends look more attractive relative to bonds. Alexandria Real Estate, which owns megacampuses for life-sciences companies across the country, rose 2.5%.

Alcoa jumped 12.4% for one of the market's biggest gains on speculation it could get more business after attacks damaged rival aluminum facilities in the Middle East over the weekend.

Sysco fell 13.1% after it said it was buying Jetro Restaurant Depot for $21.6 billion in cash and enough Sysco shares to value the company at about $29.1 billion.

In stock markets abroad, the FTSE 100 in London climbed 1.4%, and the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.9%. That followed drops of 3% for Seoul’s Kospi, 2.8% for Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 and 0.8% for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng.

AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott and AP journalist Ayaka McGill contributed to this report.

This story has been corrected to show that the S&P 500 finished last week 8.7% below its record.

Photos show displaced Lebanese sheltering in Beirut as the war escalates

Photos show displaced Lebanese sheltering in Beirut as the war escalates

Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut's southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut's southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit inside tents used as shelters as a rainbow breaks through the rain in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Yasmin holds her brother Ali, both displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, as they shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women with their children from Beirut's southern suburbs, wait to receive donated food rations inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced women reach out to receive an aid package distributed by a volunteer in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A displaced woman walks next to tents set up inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Malika Rabaa, 1, who fled with her family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sleeps in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Nour Zahraa Almokdad, 19, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, adjusts her veil in front of a mirror in a school used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon smokes in his van with his family outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zahra, 6, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, sits inside a tent used as a shelter along the beachfront in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abbas, 5, who suffers from a genetic condition that prevents him from walking, speaks with his father in a hallway of a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026, after they were displaced from Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik is seen reflected in a mirror inside a hospital converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Abed Driss, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, holds up his son Benin, 3 months, next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced children from Beirut's southern suburbs play soccer inside a school converted into a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A boy, displaced with his family from Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, plays with a ball next to rain-soaked mattresses drying in the sun in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hussein gets a haircut from Hassan in an open field where people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have set up tents as shelters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit inside tents used as shelters as a rainbow breaks through the rain in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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