A waiter opens an umbrella before the opening of the cafe amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Kyiv, Ukraine September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A waiter is seen in front of a bar during a protest of business owners who stopped working for one hour, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rijeka Croatia, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

A waiter places restaurant tables and chairs on the street, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lisbon, Portugal September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

A waiter wearing a historical suit sits before serving customers amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Lviv, Ukraine September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A waiter wearing a protective face mask, gloves and glasses amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) serves customers behind a protective glass in central Lviv, Ukraine September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Customers wearing protective masks talk to a waiter at the Andres Carne de Res restaurant, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chia, Colombia August 30, 2020. Picture taken August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Customers wearing protective masks talk to a waiter at the Andres Carne de Res restaurant, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chia, Colombia August 30, 2020. Picture taken August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

A waiter wearing a protective face mask carries drinks at Lord of the Drinks, a bar and a restaurant, after its bar was re-opened, following easing of the lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the authorities, in Kolkata, India September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

A waiter wearing a protective face mask walks after serving drinks to customers at Lord of the Drinks, a bar and a restaurant, after its bar was re-opened, following easing of the lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the authorities, in Kolkata, India September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Waiters at the terrace cafe wear protective face masks in Moscow, as Russia's coronavirus case tally passed the one million September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Waiters wearing protective face masks talk while working as Miami-Dade county allows indoor servicing in restaurants after easing some lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Miami, Florida, U.S., August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Adel Faraj Oghlo, 38, who was injured in an explosion on the Beirut port, rests at his mother-in-law Souzy Bedigian's home, where he is staying with his wife and two children after the explosion also damaged their home, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2020. When the blast sent a mushroom cloud over Beirut, Adel lay on a road pleading for help in the chaos. One person used a belt as tourniquet. Another, a waiter, wrapped an apron around his crushed leg. "A lot of people saw me and they were in shock, looked and just left," Adel said. REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "FAMILY HOME LEBANON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Adel Faraj Oghlo, 38, who was injured in an explosion on the Beirut port, speaks to Dr. Joseph Salloum during a hospital appointment in Beirut, Lebanon, August 15, 2020. When the blast sent a mushroom cloud over Beirut, Adel lay on a road pleading for help in the chaos. One person used a belt as tourniquet. Another, a waiter, wrapped an apron around his crushed leg. Oghlo worries that doctors may have to amputate his leg, held together by metal screws. "Medication doesn't have an effect anymore, so now I am trying to get used to the pain, get to know it, and for it to know me," he said. "Sometimes I just sit and stroke it... and cry, cry from pain. Sometimes I ask it for a five minute break." REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "FAMILY HOME LEBANON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Rita Faraj Oghlo, 31, comforts her husband Adel Faraj Oghlo, 38, who was injured in an explosion on the Beirut port, as he attends a hospital appointment in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2020. When the blast sent a mushroom cloud over Beirut, Adel lay on a road pleading for help in the chaos. One person used a belt as tourniquet. Another, a waiter, wrapped an apron around his crushed leg. Oghlo worries that doctors may have to amputate his leg, held together by metal screws. "My husband will need a long time to rehabilitate because of his leg so we don't know what to do, we don't know what will happen," said Rita. REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "FAMILY HOME LEBANON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Beirut's catastrophic port explosion has demolished Rita Faraj Oghlo's house, left her family stranded and may cost her husband Adel his leg. Like many Lebanese, they have endured multi-layered suffering since the Aug. 4 blast, which killed 179 people, injured 6,000 and triggered protests against an elite blamed for political turmoil and economic collapse. Homes and businesses were razed in the country's commercial heart, uprooting nearly a quarter of a million people. Many of them are now crammed into relatives' tiny apartments, unable to imagine how they will ever be able to afford their own. "It's very difficult for us right now," said Rita, who, along with her injured husband Adel and their children Christy, 2 and Saymen, 8, has moved in with her mother, stepfather and sister. The cost of the operation Adel needs looms large. When the blast sent a mushroom cloud over Beirut, he lay on a road pleading for help in the chaos. One person used a belt as tourniquet. Another, a waiter, wrapped an apron around his crushed leg. "A lot of people saw me and they were in shock, looked and just left," he said. He was already struggling to find work during the economic meltdown. He sits in agony, and worries that doctors may have to amputate his leg, held together by metal screws. REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "FAMILY HOME LEBANON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching Text: LEBANON-SECURITY/BLAST-FAMILY

A waiter wearing a face mask sits on a terrace of a bar, where he works, as he waits for tourists in Las Ramblas, after Catalonia's regional authorities announced restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Barcelona, Spain August 7, 2020. Picture taken August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee takes a pizza out of the oven after his mate used the "Funky Pay" app, where they receive all the incoming orders of clients, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee uses the "Funky Pay" app on a screen as he receives all the incoming orders of clients, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee using the "Funky Pay" app informs clients that their order is ready, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee takes a pizza out of the oven after his mate used the "Funky Pay" app, where they receive all the incoming orders of clients, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Employees pick up the pizzas near an IPad with the "Funky Pay" app, which helps tracking orders of clients and where, with a system of colours, clients can see when it is in the kitchen or when it will be arriving, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee carries a pizza for clients, who ordered it through the "Funky Pay" app, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee carries pizzas for clients, who ordered them through the "Funky Pay" app, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

A client using his mobile phone scans the QR code to place an order of a pizza with its ingredientes through of the "Funky Pay" app, where the app replaces waiters at Funky Pizza restaurant in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Funky Pizza restaurant owner Carlos Manich poses as he holds his mobile phone with the "Funky Pay" app in one hand and a pizza in the other, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

A client using his mobile phone scans a QR code to place an order of a pizza with its ingredientes through the "Funky Pay" app, which replaces waiters, at Funky Pizza restaurant in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

An employee uses the "Funky Pay" app as he receives all the incoming orders of clients as his mate puts a pizza in an oven, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Funky Pizza restaurant owner Carlos Manich poses as he holds his mobile phone with the "Funky Pay" app in one hand and a pizza in the other, at Funky Pizza restaurant, where the app replaces waiters, in Palafrugell, near Girona, Costa Brava, Spain July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

'Mozo', a robot waiter of MARSES Robotic Solutions, waits next to customers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

'Mozo', a robot waiter of MARSES Robotic Solutions, waits next to customers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

'Mozo', a robot waiter of MARSES Robotic Solutions, serves food to limit contact amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

'Mozo', a robot waiter of MARSES Robotic Solutions, serves food to limit contact amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

Aladdin Al-Howainy, sales and marketing manager at MARSES Robotic Solutions, adjusts 'Mozo', a waiter robot used to limit contact amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

A waiter wears a protective face mask as he works in a bar, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, August 1, 2020. Picture taken August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

A waiter wears a protective face mask as he works in a bar, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, August 1, 2020. Picture taken August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

A waiter serves breakfast on the terrace of a bar during the first day of mandatory use of protective masks everywhere regardless of social distancing in the Madrid region, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

A waiter serves breakfast on the terrace of a bar during the first day of mandatory use of protective masks everywhere regardless of social distancing in the Madrid region, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

A waiter serves breakfast on the terrace of a bar during the first day of mandatory use of protective masks everywhere regardless of social distancing in the Madrid region, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

Waiters wearing protective masks wait for customers outside a restaurant amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

A waiter arranges bottles of disinfectant at the terrace of the local At Cafe at the 798 art district in Beijing, China, July 6, 2020. Picture taken July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A waiter wearing protective face mask and gloves sets a table inside a restaurant of JW Marriott hotel, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

A waiter brings wine to customers at Petoskey Farms Vineyard & Winery in a Phase 5 area that has fewer state coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

A waiter wearing a protective face mask talks to customers at their table at Petoskey Farms Vineyard & Winery in a Phase 5 area that has fewer state coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

A waiter brings wine to customers Petoskey Farms Vineyard & Winery in a Phase 5 area that has fewer state coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

A waiter carries plates past social distancing greenhouse dining pods, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the former parking lot of the Lady Byrd Cafe in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A waiter wearing a face mask walks past a buffet in the Atlantis The Palm hotel, as the Emirates reopens to tourism amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dubai , United Arab Emirates July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A waiter poses for photographs as he waits for customers outside a restaurant, after it reopened following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, July 5, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

A waiter wears a protective face shield at a beach bar, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the island of Kos, Greece, June 29, 2020. Picture taken June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

A waiter, wearing a protective mask and a face shield, serves a customer at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A waiter wearing gloves cleans a table at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Cooks and waiters, wearing protective masks and face shields, work at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A waiter, wearing a protective mask and face shield, receives payment from a customer at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A waiter wearing a protective mask and face shield stands near a customer at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A waiter wearing a protective mask and face shield works at Eno restaurant during the start of the gradual reopening of commercial activities in Mexico City, Mexico, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A waiter serves a customer at a bar after the reopening of gyms, restaurants and sport facilities on the beaches as the city eases restrictions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

A waiter wearing a protective face mask serves a customer inside the Indian Coffee House after it was re-opened, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

A waiter wearing a protective face mask walks after serving coffee to a customer inside the Indian Coffee House after it was re-opened, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

A waiter wearing a protective face mask leaves a pantry inside the Indian Coffee House after it was re-opened, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

A waiter cleans a table while waiting for the Comedor de los Milagros restaurant to reopen, during the start of gradual reopening of commercial activities in the city, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A waiter places a social distance sign while waiting for the Comedor de los Milagros restaurant to reopen, during the start of gradual reopening of commercial activities in the city, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero