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Photos: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey and Syria, kills hundreds

A powerful earthquake killed hundreds and toppled numerous buildings in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday.

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Rescuers try to reach residents trapped under buildings in Adana, Turkey, on Monday.

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The search for survivors is ongoing, with emergency services and civilians scraping through the rubble.

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Rescuers carry a person on a stretcher from a collapsed building in Adana.

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Elif Aysenur Bay/IHA/AP

Emergency personnel conduct a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey.

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Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Rescue workers and Turkish army soldiers search for survivors on a collapsed residential building in Sanliurfa, Trukey.

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A woman found alive is carried by rescue workers and army soldiers in Sanliurfa, Trukey.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

People try to reach victims under rubble in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

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Refik Tekin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Debris from a collapsed residential building in Sanliurfa, Trukey.

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Alice Martins for The Washington Post

Cennet Sucu is rescued from the rubble of collapsed hospital in Iskenderun, Turkey.

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Umit Bektas/Reuters

A rescuer scrambles over what's left of a building in war-torn Azaz, Syria.

Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

A man carries an injured child from the rubble of a building in Azaz.

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A collapsed building in the Syrian town of Azmarin, in Idlib province.

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Ghaith Alsayed/AP

Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country.

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People stand next to damaged vehicles in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

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Deniz Tekin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The aftermath in Diyarbakir, Turkey, about 60 miles north of the Syrian border.

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Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Emergency workers search for victims under a collapsed building in Diyarbakir.

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Deniz Tekin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

A Syrian rescuer carries a child in Zardana, about 25 miles west of Aleppo.

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Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images

A girl awaits treatment at a hospital in Azaz.

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Nayef Al-Aboud/AFP/Getty Images

Wreckage in Azaz.

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Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

A child waits for treatment at the Bab al-Hawa Hospital in Idlib province, near the border with Turkey.

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Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty Images

Earthquake victims receive treatment at the al-Rahma Hospital in the town of Darkush, Idlib province.

Ghaith Alsayed/AP

Ghaith Alsayed/AP

The covered bodies of victims lie on the floor in a hospital in Afrin.

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Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

Turkish emergency personnel help a victim at the site of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir.

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Refik Tekin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Turkish emergency workers help a victim in Diyarbakir.

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Refik Tekin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Rescuers carry a child in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

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Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble in Diyarbakir.

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Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Rescuers search the rubble for survivors in Adana, Turkey.

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Can Erok/AFP/Getty Images

Residents retrieve an injured girl from the rubble of a collapsed building in Jandaris, near the northwestern city of Afrin in Syria.

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The rescued child is carried from the rubble in Jandaris, Syria.

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Rami Al Sayed/AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers search the rubble of a building for survivors in Syria's Idlib province.

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