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Deadly Sandstorm Blankets Middle East

Clouds of dust engulfed parts of the Middle East, killing two people in Lebanon and hospitalizing hundreds.
Image: U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) wear face masks while they monitor the Lebanese-Israeli border during a sandstorm in Kfar Kila village, in south Lebanon
U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) wear face masks while they monitor the Lebanese-Israeli border during a sandstorm in Kfar Kila village, in south Lebanon on Sept. 8, 2015. AZIZ TAHER / Reuters