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Photos: Search continues for earthquake survivors in Syria and Turkey

One week after devastating earthquakes tore through southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, aid groups say help has been slow to reach the people of Syria, with pressure mounting on global leaders to overcome the logistical and political challenges caused by the country’s civil war. The death toll in both countries passed 41,000 on Wednesday, and tens of thousands of survivors have been left injured or homeless.

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Feb. 15 | Iskenderun, Turkey

Medical staff transport an earthquake victim to the Orhangazi ferry ship.

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Martin Divisek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 15 | Iskenderun, Turkey

Earthquake victims line up for food aboard the Orhangazi ferry ship.

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Martin Divisek/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 15 | Antakya, Turkey

Dora, a rescue dog from a Spanish firefighters team, searches to find survivors trapped under the debris of a collapsed building.

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Bernat Armangue/AP

Feb. 15 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Search and rescue teams work on a collapsed building.

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Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters

Feb. 15 | Antakya, Turkey

Rescue workers pull out Fatma Gungor, a Turkish woman, from the debris of a collapsed building.

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Ugur Yildirim/AP

Feb. 14 | Afrin, Syria

Children run through olive trees in a camp set up for people who lost their homes after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the region.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 14 | Hatay, Turkey

People gather items from the rubble.

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Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Feb. 14 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Ankara fire department and Kyrgyz search and rescue teams search the rubble of collapsed buildings.

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Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 14 | Hatay, Turkey

Rescuers carry the body of a victim at the site of a collapsed building.

Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Feb. 14 | Hatay, Turkey

A wounded dog after it was rescued in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake at a tent set up by HAYTAP, an animal rights federation in Turkey.

Dilara Senkaya/Reuters

Dilara Senkaya/Reuters

Feb. 14 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

People wait as others search amid the rubble.

Nir Elias/Reuters

Nir Elias/Reuters

Feb. 14 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

A woman takes bread out of the rubble of her house.

Nir Elias/Reuters

Nir Elias/Reuters

Feb. 14 | Hatay, Turkey

Displaced people receive food.

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Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Feb. 13 | Hatay, Turkey

A son of a Turkish woman reacts as his mother is rescued after 177 hours at the site of a collapsed building.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 13 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Amar, who is 1½ years old and a Syrian refugee living in Turkey, looks on as the search for survivors continues.

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Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Feb. 13 | Hatay, Turkey

A man sleeps on a sofa near a collapsed building.

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Burak Kara/Getty Images

Feb. 13 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Turkish soldiers patrol next to collapsed buildings.

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Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 13 | Hatay, Tuirkey

A woman stands in rubble hoping her relatives will be found by rescuers.

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AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 13 | Golbasi, Turkey

A man walks near a building leaning on a neighboring house.

Francisco Seco/AP

Francisco Seco/AP

Feb. 13 | Nurdagi, Turkey

Rescue teams search a destroyed building.

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Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Feb. 13 | Hatay, Turkey

People wait by a bonfire for news about their relatives.

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Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 13 | Hatay, Turkey

Soldiers and rescue workers stand in silence during a rescue operation.

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Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 12 | Antakya, Turkey

Members of the Aytulun family warm themselves around a campfire in front of the building where five members of their family were fatally trapped.

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Bernat Armangue/AP

Feb. 12 | Hatay, Turkey

Volunteers work on rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building as night falls.

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Feb. 12 | Hatay, Turkey

A rescue volunteer takes a break with dogs.

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Bloomberg News

Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey

Rescue teams and members of the Turkish military look for survivors.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey

Mustafa Irish walks through the remains of the house in which his brother-in-law, Hassan Mounir Khateb, died shielding his family from their collapsing roof.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey

After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the region, a mosque was destroyed.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey

Relatives watch as rescue teams and members of the Turkish military look for survivors.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 | Islahiye, Turkey

Mounir Hassan Khateb, 12, left, and his brother Majid Hassan Khateb, 4, sit in a makeshift tent made by their relatives near the rubble of their home.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey

Buildings are seen destroyed.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 11 I Nurdagi. Turkey

People look at rescuers searching for survivors.

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Zein Al Rifai/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 11 I Maras, Turkey

Firefighters look at debris surrounded by smoke.

Emilie Madi/Reuters

Emilie Madi/Reuters

Feb. 11 I Nurdagi, Turkey

Rescuers search for survivors.

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Zein Al Rifai/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 11 I Adiyaman, Turkey

Rescuers carry Emine Murat, 40, to an ambulance after they pulled her out five days after the earthquake.

Emrah Gurel/AP

Emrah Gurel/AP

Feb. 11 I Antakya, Turkey

Portuguese rescue team members search collapsed buildings.

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Joao Relvas/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 11 I Adiyaman, Turkey

People anxiously await news from their relatives near the site of collapsed buildings.

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Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 11 I Antakya, Turkey

A man walks in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Hussein Malla/AP

Hussein Malla/AP

Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria

Locals walk past the rubble of homes and buildings on their street.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria

A view of the destruction of buildings and homes.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria

Rescue workers dig through the rubble.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria

A boy stands on a pile of rubble.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria

Locals look through the rubble of a destroyed building.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 10 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

A view of the damage as the search for survivors continues.

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Feb. 10 | Iskenderun, Turkey

Arda Oktay is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from rubble.

Yagizkan Karahan/Reuters

Yagizkan Karahan/Reuters

Feb. 10 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Turkish rescue workers carry Eyup Ak, 60, to an ambulance after pulling him out from a collapsed building.

Emrah Gurel/AP

Emrah Gurel/AP

Feb. 10 | Aleppo

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad greets people as he visits neighborhoods affected by an earthquake.

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AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 10 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Emel Varim, left, is treated after being rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building.

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ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 10 | Hatay, Turkey

A cat is seen among the rubble of a collapsed building.

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Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 10 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Women react at the site of a collapsed building.

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Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 10 | Hatay, Turkey

People bury their relatives in a mass grave area.

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ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 9 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

After three days under the rubble of a collapsed building, 7-year-old Ikra Tasci is rescued in an operation by Turkish rescue workers, the Israeli army and the Israeli volunteer medical group Hatzalah United.

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Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 9 | Kirikhan, Turkey

It is a harrowing time for survivors as hopes fade of finding many more missing people alive.

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Feb. 9 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

People pray as they prepare to bury victims.

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Feb. 9 | Hatay, Turkey

The remains of those killed in the earthquake are brought to a cemetery for burial.

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ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Feb. 9 | Hatay, Turkey

People queue for clean water.

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Burak Kara/Getty Images

Feb. 9 | Hatay, Turkey

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building.

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Burak Kara/Getty Images

Feb. 9 | Elbistan, Turkey

Earthquake victim Arife Koc, 68, is evacuated by rescue teams.

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Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images

Feb. 9 | Elbistan, Turkey

Firefighter Erhan Sarac and other rescue team members celebrate after a successful evacuation.

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Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images

Feb. 9 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Families of victims stand by as rescue officials search among the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Feb. 9 | Hatay, Turkey

A view of collapsed and destroyed buildings.

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Emilie Madi/Reuters

Feb. 9 | Nurdagi, Turkey

Rescue workers look through the rubble of a collapsed building.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 9 | Nurdagi, Turkey

Relatives wait by a fire pit as rescue workers search for survivors.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 9 | Nurdagi, Turkey

A backhoe is used as rescue workers search through the rubble of buildings.

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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Relatives of the missing try to clear the rubble.

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Alice Martins For The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey

A member of the Algerian rescue team communicates with a Turkish team through interpreters as they work to retrieve a body.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey,

Men carry a body retrieved from the rubble and wrapped in a blanket.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Two women embrace amid the search and rescue operation.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Algerian rescue workers provide first aid to a child they rescued from under the rubble.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey

People inspect the damage as rescuers search for survivors.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Kirikhan, Turkey

Hope, a rescue dog from International Search and Rescue (ISAR) Germany, searches for survivors in the debris of a building.

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey

Eight-year-old Yigit Cakmak is pulled to safety from the rubble of a collapsed building.

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Erdem Sahin

Feb. 8 | Kirikhan, Turkey

A woman thanks a rescuer from ISAR Germany who is searching for her family.

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Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Rescuers applaud as a survivor is recovered from the rubble of a collapsed building.

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey

Turkish army commandos and medics rescue a woman from a collapsed building.

Cemal Yurttas/AP

Cemal Yurttas/AP

Feb. 8 | Idlib, Syria

Syrian White Helmet rescuers and residents recover a body in the village of Azmarin.

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Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey

Bodies are laid out in front of Hatay State Hospital.

Cemal Yurttas/AP

Cemal Yurttas/AP

Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey

A woman receives medical attention after she was rescued.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Antakya, Turkey

Volunteers distribute aid to people.

Khalil Hamra/AP

Khalil Hamra/AP

Feb. 8 | Harem, Syria

Rescuers searching for survivors.

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Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 8 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

People sit around a fire next to rubble and damage.

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey

Rescue teams search for people at a destroyed building.

Emrah Gurel/AP

Emrah Gurel/AP

Feb. 8 | Antakya, Turkey

A man uses a light to check damaged buildings.

Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Adana, Turkey

Emergency teams search for people.

Hussein Malla/AP

Hussein Malla/AP

Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Emergency workers and medics rescue a woman out of the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan.

Ismsail Coskun/AP

Ismsail Coskun/AP

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

Muhammet Ruzgar, 5, is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

A woman reacts as people watch rescue personnel search for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings.

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Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Diyarbakir, Turkey

Zeynep Atesogullari is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building.

Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Rescue workers and medics carry 8-year-old Arda Gul from the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan.

Ismsail Coskun/AP

Ismsail Coskun/AP

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

Gokhan Kinay is assisted by rescuers out of a damaged building.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

People walk along a street strewn with debris as they look for relatives.

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Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

A woman is put into the back of a vehicle after surviving the earthquakes.

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Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

Earthquake survivors wait for news of their loved ones, believed to be trapped under a collapsed building in Iskenderun.

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Burak Kara/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Aleppo

Syrian rescue teams search for victims and survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

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Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Aleppo

Rescue teams carry the body of a victim from a destroyed building.

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Omar Sanadiki/AP

Feb. 7 | Aleppo

Syrian women weep next to bodies lying on the back of a truck in the town of Jindires.

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Mohammed Al-Rifai/AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7 | Atarib, Syria

Members of the rescue team gather on the rubble as the search for survivors continues.

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White Helmets/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Atareb, Syria

A child is rescued at the site of a damaged building.

White Helmets/Reuters

White Helmets/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Aleppo, Syria

A rescue operation occurs on collapsed buildings.

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White Helmets/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Adana, Turkey

Emergency rescue workers search for people in a destroyed building.

Francisco Seco/AP

Francisco Seco/AP

Feb. 7 | Malatya, Turkey

A man prays on a collapsed building.

Emrah Gurel/AP

Emrah Gurel/AP

Feb. 7 | Malatya, Turkey

Rescue workers search for survivors.

Emrah Gurel/AP

Emrah Gurel/AP

Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a building.

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey

A man reacts while standing on rubble.

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Umit Bektas/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Kirikhan, Turkey

A rescuer, from International Search and Rescue, works at a destroyed building.

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Gaziantep, Turkey

A woman holds a child as she stands near rubble and damaged buildings.

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Feb. 7 | Iskenderun, Turkey

Smoke billows from a port fire as people walk past collapsed buildings.

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Burak Kara/Getty Images/Bloomberg

Feb. 7 | Adana, Turkey

Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building.

Francisco Seco/AP

Francisco Seco/AP

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