A number of Lebanese demonstrators were seen cleaning up rubbish on a street in the capital Beirut's downtown district following nights of protests.

Lebanon enters the sixth day of protests today, as Lebanese demand the resignation of the government.

The protests have grown steadily since public anger first spilled onto the streets Thursday evening, October 17, 2019, in response to a proposed tax on calls via WhatsApp and other messaging services, in addition to general government corruption.

Since the first day of the protests, protestors blocked main roads in various areas of Lebanon and prevented employees from going to work, while calls on social media urged people to boycott work.

Banks, universities and schools closed their doors yesterday, as Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri was expected to offer reforms in an attempt to stem the public anger after he had given his coalition partners three days to support reforms.

Hariri agreed on a package of long-stalled reforms to try to ease an economic crisis and defuse the biggest protests against the ruling elite in decades.

The Lebanese cabinet approved a 2020 state budget that does not impose any new taxes on individuals and aims for a deficit of 0.6% of GDP, down from a previous target of around 7%.