"I'm working on it," he shouted down to the photographers stretching out the Lebanese flag.

On a good day, the factory's seven employees turn out 5,000 Lebanese flags, but it is not enough.

In their place rose tens of thousands of Lebanese flags.

In the streets, protesters wave Lebanese flags by the tens of thousands.

Since then, he figures, he has sold about 5,000 Lebanese flags, with the large ones going for about $3 each.

The sight of all those Lebanese flags was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

The protesters, many dressed in white, waved Lebanese flags and called for "freedom, sovereignty and independence."

The peaceful demonstrators used the colours white and red, which are found in the Lebanese flag.

The present Lebanese flag was adopted just prior to independence from France in 1943.

A water tank was adorned with the freshly painted cedars of the Lebanese flag.