'We are so lucky to be alive': family reunited after Beirut blast

Four-year-old Amira is back with her parents - but challenges lie ahead for them and many other families

Four-year-old Amira Hammoud used to love fireworks, asking her grandfather to set them off for her whenever he could. After the explosion that decimated Beirut last week, now even the sound of a fork clattering on the table is enough to make her scream with terror. Traumatised, she has become aggressive and clingy, refusing to let adults leave the room.

But she has at least been reunited with her mother, Hiba, after seven days apart - a small blessing in the midst of Lebanon's national tragedy.