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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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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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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.
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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.
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Dilara Senkaya/Reuters
Feb. 14 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey
People wait as others search amid the rubble.
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Nir Elias/Reuters
Feb. 14 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey
A woman takes bread out of the rubble of her house.
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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.
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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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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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Feb. 13 | Golbasi, Turkey
A man walks near a building leaning on a neighboring house.
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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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Feb. 11 I Islahiye, Turkey
Rescue teams and members of the Turkish military look for survivors.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hussein Malla/AP
Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria
Locals walk past the rubble of homes and buildings on their street.
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Feb. 10 | Jindires, Syria
A view of the destruction of buildings and homes.
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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.
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Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
Feb. 10 | Iskenderun, Turkey
Arda Oktay is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from rubble.
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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.
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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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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.
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Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
Feb. 9 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey
People pray as they prepare to bury victims.
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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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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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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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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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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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Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey,
Men carry a body retrieved from the rubble and wrapped in a blanket.
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Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey
Two women embrace amid the search and rescue operation.
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Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey
Algerian rescue workers provide first aid to a child they rescued from under the rubble.
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Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey
People inspect the damage as rescuers search for survivors.
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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.
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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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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.
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Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey
Turkish army commandos and medics rescue a woman from a collapsed building.
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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.
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Cemal Yurttas/AP
Feb. 8 | Hatay, Turkey
A woman receives medical attention after she was rescued.
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Umit Bektas/Reuters
Feb. 8 | Antakya, Turkey
Volunteers distribute aid to people.
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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.
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Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Feb. 8 | Adiyaman, Turkey
Rescue teams search for people at a destroyed building.
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Emrah Gurel/AP
Feb. 8 | Antakya, Turkey
A man uses a light to check damaged buildings.
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Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Feb. 7 | Adana, Turkey
Emergency teams search for people.
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Hussein Malla/AP
Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Emergency workers and medics rescue a woman out of the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan.
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Ismsail Coskun/AP
Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey
Muhammet Ruzgar, 5, is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building.
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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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Feb. 7 | Diyarbakir, Turkey
Zeynep Atesogullari is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building.
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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.
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Ismsail Coskun/AP
Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey
Gokhan Kinay is assisted by rescuers out of a damaged building.
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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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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.
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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.
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Francisco Seco/AP
Feb. 7 | Malatya, Turkey
A man prays on a collapsed building.
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Emrah Gurel/AP
Feb. 7 | Malatya, Turkey
Rescue workers search for survivors.
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Emrah Gurel/AP
Feb. 7 | Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a building.
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Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Feb. 7 | Hatay, Turkey
A man reacts while standing on rubble.
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Umit Bektas/Reuters
Feb. 7 | Kirikhan, Turkey
A rescuer, from International Search and Rescue, works at a destroyed building.
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Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
Feb. 7 | Gaziantep, Turkey
A woman holds a child as she stands near rubble and damaged buildings.
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Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Feb. 7 | Iskenderun, Turkey
Smoke billows from a port fire as people walk past collapsed buildings.
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Feb. 7 | Adana, Turkey
Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building.
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