Residents in Beirut, Lebanon were photographed cleaning up their homes on Thursday, nine days after the massive blast hit the city on August 4. /Xinhua

A volunteer was helping clean up piles of debris in Beirut. /Xinhua

A man looked at his wife's photo in his home damaged by the blast. /Xinhua

The explosion has caused over 170 deaths and injured over 6,000, leaving dozens missing and about 300,000 homeless. /Xinhua