Turkey earthquake victims find temporary home in a cruise ship - in pictures

It is hosting 1,251 people, including 210 children

Earthquake victims on the cruise ship Gemini which was allocated to earthquake victims following a powerful earthquake in Iskenderun port in Hatay Turkey, 01 March 2023. The ship is hosting 1,251 people including 210 children, 2 nurses and 4 doctors and one ambulance. More than 50,000 people died and thousands more were injured after major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February and again on 20 February. EPA / SEDAT SUNA

The ship is currently home to 1,251 people, including 210 children, two nurses, four doctors and has one ambulance

A young survivor in the ship's cinema. More than 50,000 people died and thousands more were injured after earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria

Survivors of the earthquake on board the cruise ship Gemini

Survivors on the deck of the Gemini

Survivor Gul Seker with her baby Miray on the cruise ship

A few of the 210 children being accommodated on the ship

A man on the Gemini calls the faithful to prayer

Survivors of the earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 and February 20

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