Special security forces with dogs gather outside Beirut's Camil Chamoun sports city, as preparations are made a day ahead of the funeral ceremony of Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who was chosen to succeed him before he was also killed, on February 22, 2025. Lebanon's Hezbollah is preparing for a massive turnout for the funeral of its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, an opportunity for a show of strength by the Iran-backed group after a bruising war with Israel. Safieddine will be buried on Monday in his southern hometown of Deir Qanun al-Nahr. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)