Beirut set new Guinness World record
02, May 2019
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- Lebanon’s capital Beirut has set a new Guinness World Record for the number of national flags raised in a city for 24 hours.
- The Beirut Alive Association, on 28 April, raised a total of 26,852 Lebanese flags breaking New York’s Waterloo record of 25,599 flags.
- The event was organised under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri.