Watch: Protesters in Lebanon sing ‘Baby Shark’ for toddler who got caught in a protest

In response, a group of men started clapping their hands and singing the global hit before seeming to make way for the vehicle. Jabbour captured the moment on her mobile phone.

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Talking to CNN, she said, “It was spontaneous. He likes this song. He hears it many times at home and laughs.”

The video went viral so quickly that “her husband saw the video before she could tell him about it”, the report added.

Lebanon approved an emergency reform package on Monday following protests over the dire economic condition, but the moves did not persuade demonstrators to leave the streets.

Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded the streets since Thursday, furious at a political class they accuse of pushing the economy to the point of collapse.