Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to 4,600.
Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana.
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People and emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Gaziantep.
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A woman removes debris from a destroyed building as she searches for people with emergency teams in Gaziantep.
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People gather in a shelter in Gaziantep, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared.
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People try to identify the bodies of earthquake victims recovered outside a hospital, in Aleppo.
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A man reacts as Syrian Civil Defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings, in Aleppo, Syria.
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People and emergency teams search for people in the rubble in a destroyed building in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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A man tries to identify the bodies of earthquake victims recovered outside a hospital.
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A man carries the body of an earthquake victim in the Besnia village near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria.
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A young women removes debris from a destroyed building as she searches for people with emergency teams in Gaziantep.
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A man searches for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Gaziantep, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
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Syrian Civil Defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings.
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Emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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Syrian Civil Defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings, in Aleppo.
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Syrian Civil Defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings, in Aleppo.
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Rescue workers and medics carry a young woman they have rescued from the debris of a collapsed building.
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