Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) receives his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 10, 2025. Lebanon's lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)