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A broken system, a broken city: Beirut

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The chapter opens with an advertisement for premium organic cotton bedding, setting a tone of comfort before diving into critical global issues. It explores the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on mortality rates, evolving work dynamics in England, and the ongoing recovery efforts in Beirut following a catastrophic explosion.

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