Scores were killed and hundreds were injured in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that toppled buildings in the east.
Oct. 27, 2011 A Turkish official checks an earthquake-hit building in Alakoy village, Turkey. Survivors of eastern Turkey's earthquake pleaded for more tents on Thursday, fearing death from cold after a tremor killed more than 500 people and left thousands sleeping out in the open. Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters