A man stands outside a currency exchange company in the Lebanese capital Beirut on October 1, 2019. - Lebanon's central bank announced Monday adopting a measure to facilitate access to US dollars for importers of petroleum products, wheat, and medicine, state media said Tuesday, following fears of a dollar shortage and possible currency devaluation, in a country which has had a fixed exchange rate of around 1,500 Lebanese pounds to the dollar in place since 1997. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)