In photos: Thousands dead as devastating earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,800 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.
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A baby is rescued from a destroyed building in Malatya, Turkey.DIA Images/The Associated Press
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A man walks among rubble as he searches for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press
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A woman carries wood from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.CAGLA GURDOGAN/Reuters
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A damaged building after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.CAGLA GURDOGAN/Reuters
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People walk past by a collapsed building after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.CAGLA GURDOGAN/Reuters
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A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey.CAN EROK/AFP/Getty Images
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Displaced residents stand near a collapsed building after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.CAGLA GURDOGAN/Reuters
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Emergency teams search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press
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A man stands in front of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.IHLAS NEWS AGENCY (IHA)/Reuters
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People search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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People walk next to a mosque destroyed by an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey.SUB/The Associated Press
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Search is underway for survivors in the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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A man carries a girl following an earthquake, in rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria.KHALIL ASHAWI/Reuters
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People search through rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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A child looks out through a window of a car, following an earthquake, in the town of Jandaris, Syria.KHALIL ASHAWI/Reuters
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Residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, Syria.OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers carry out a girl from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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An injured girl is rescued by residents from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin.RAMI AL SAYED/AFP/Getty Images
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People search through rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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Rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey.The Associated Press
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Members of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets transport a casualty pulled from the rubble into an ambulance, following an earthquake in Shalakh village in Idlib's eastern countryside.MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey.SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters
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Hundreds have been reportedly killed in north Syria after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that originated in Turkey and was felt across neighbouring countries.OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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Aerial view shows residents searching for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, Syria.OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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Members of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets look for casualties under the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province.MOHAMMED AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images
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Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets, search in the rubble in the town of Zardana Syrian Idlib province.MOHAMMED AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images