Three days have passed since a devastating a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks. Nearly 12,000 deaths have been reported across southern Turkey and northwestern Syria after thousands of buildings collapsed during the quake. A massive rescue effort is underway, with tens of thousands of soldiers, workers, and volunteers still discovering and rescuing victims who have been trapped for as long as 61 hours beneath tons of shattered concrete.
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![A child is carried by rescue workers.]()
Read moreA 7-year-old Syrian child is rescued from rubble 61 hours after devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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![An aerial view of a multistory apartment building collapsed into a field]()
Read moreAn aerial view of a building that collapsed during the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![Several people walk on a street past earthquake-damaged buildings beneath a plume of dark smoke.]()
Read moreSmoke billows from a fire at the port of Iskenderun as people walk past collapsed buildings on February 7, 2023, in Iskenderun, Turkey. #
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![About a dozen rescue workers stand beside the rubble of a destroyed building, with sparks flying in the middle of the photo.]()
Read moreSearch-and-rescue efforts continue in collapsed buildings throughout the night in Hatay, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A dog is seen standing atop the wreckage of a residential building.]()
Read moreA rescue dog named Hope, from International Search and Rescue Germany, searches for survivors in the debris of a building in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Kirikhan, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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Read moreThe bodies of victims are kept in a sports hall in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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Read moreA woman sits next to a fire in Hatay on February 8, 2023. #
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![A crew of rescue workers cooperate to lower an injured person from the wreckage of a destroyed building.]()
Read moreTwin babies and their mother and father are rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building after 40 hours in Gaziantep, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![Rescue workers carry a young child away from a wrecked building.]()
Read moreSearch-and-rescue personnel hold a young child pulled from the rubble of a collapsed concrete building after 44 hours, along with her 33-year-old mother (not pictured), in Hatay, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of Iskendurun Port as firefighters work to extinguish a major fire on February 8, 2023. #
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![Firefighting boats spray water on a fire at a port facility.]()
Read moreFirefighting boats spray water on the fire burning at Iskenderun Port on February 8, 2023. #
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![Rescue workers and volunteers stand beside construction equipment used to clear rubble from a collapsed building.]()
Read moreRescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh, in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia, on February 7, 2023. #
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Read moreSalman Aydemir receives medical care while still trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. His son, the excavator operator Osman Aydemir, helped with the rescue operation, using heavy machinery to try to save his parents. Teams rescued his father 47 hours after the quake and recovered the body of his mother from under the rubble of an eight-story residential building. #
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![A rescue worker stands on debris from a collapsed building.]()
Read moreA rescuer with International Search and Rescue works following the earthquake in Kirikhan, Hatay Province, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A man kneels on the ground, emotional, embracing a child who was just rescued from a collapsed building.]()
Read moreA child is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay on February 7, 2023. #
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Read moreCitizens collect donations for earthquake victims in Turkish provinces, at Ahmet Taner Kislali Sports Hall, in Ankara, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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Read moreVolunteers distribute aid to people in Antakya, southern Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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![An aerial view of several collapsed and heavily damaged residential buildings]()
Read moreAn aerial view shows collapsed and damaged buildings in Hatay, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A man sits beside rubble, his left arm reaching out and holding the hand of his daughter, who lies dead, trapped beneath the debris.]()
Read moreMesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter, Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicenter, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A rescue worker uses a power tool to cut through steel rebar in the rubble of a collapsed building.]()
Read moreSearch-and-rescue operations continue in Osmaniye, Turkey, on February 6, 2023. #
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![Smiling rescue workers crowd around a rescued teenage boy, who is wrapped in a blanket.]()
Read more16-year-old Mahmut Salman is rescued 56 hours after the earthquake hit Hatay, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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![An aerial view of dozens of tents erected inside a sports stadium]()
Read moreAn aerial view shows the tent city set up by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A dog rests under a blanket, receiving aid.]()
Read moreA dog receives aid after it was rescued after being trapped in rubble for the past 55 hours, in Hatay, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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Read moreRescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 7, 2023. #
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![A child is carried amid the rubble of a residential building on the back of a soldier working as a rescuer.]()
Read moreTurkish commandos rescue people from the wreckage of a collapsed building in Hatay on February 7, 2023. #
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![A half-dozen people are seen removing debris from the top of a collapsed building.]()
Read moreRescue workers and volunteers conduct search-and-rescue operations in Idlib, Syria, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A section of highway seen broken into large chunks of rubble by an earthquake]()
Read moreA section of earthquake-damaged road is seen in Demirkopru, Turkey, on February 8, 2023. #
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![A rescue worker carries a child away from a damaged building.]()
Read moreA child is carried from the site of a damaged building following the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, on February 7, 2023. #
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![A man stands on a pile of debris beside a collapsed building.]()
Read moreA man pauses beside a collapsed building listening for any sound from his loved ones, on February 7, 2023, in Hatay, Turkey. #
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![An aerial view of people gathered around a fire beside a collapsed building]()
Read moreAn aerial view of people gathered around a fire beside a collapsed building, in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, on February 6, 2023 #
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![Search-and-rescue-team workers carry an injured woman, who is wrapped in a blanket.]()
Read moreSearch-and-rescue teams carry an injured woman pulled from the rubble of a collapsed concrete building after 45 hours in Hatay, on February 8, 2023. #
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