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A Romanian rescue worker and search dog at a briefing before flying to southern Turkey to help local authorities in their rescue missions after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. EPA
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Humanitarian aid relief packages provided by Saudi Arabia being unloaded at Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria. AFP
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An airline worker loads boxes filled with donations onto a Turkish Airlines aircraft at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. AFP
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Syrian workers help to take the food supplied off the plane. Mahmoud Rida / The National
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Displaced people lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey. AP
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Belarusians collect humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors. AFP
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Volunteers of a local non-government organisation 'Pomozi. ba' help sort and pack donations, in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. AFP
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Hundreds of boxes with relief aid are gathered at the municipality of Thessaloniki, in Greece. AFP
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Nazli Goksoi helps sort donations at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC. AFP
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Men in Cairo prepare blankets and clothes to be donated to people in Turkey. Reuters
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Iraqi security forces with humanitarian aid from Red Crescent meant for the affected people in Syria, at a military airbase near Baghdad International Airport. AP
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South Korean firefighters gather before leaving for Turkey to help earthquake victims. AFP
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Algerian rescue teams arrive at Aleppo International Airport. AFP
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Humanitarian aid for earthquake victims at a collecting point in Berlin. EPA
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Umur Zamanoglu, a Turkish search and rescue team leader, outside Adana Airport. Reuters
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Humanitarian aid to be sent to Turkey at Al Udeid air base in Qatar. AFP
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Crews from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, including these firefighters from Pacoima, are joining a USAid mission to Turkey to assist with earthquake recovery efforts. EPA
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Equipment belonging to Los Angeles County Fire Department teams is ready for the USAid mission to Turkey. EPA
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At a military airbase near Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi security forces prepare Red Crescent shipments for Syria to support survivors of the earthquake. Reuters
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Ground crews in Baghdad load a Red Crescent cargo into a plane that will leave for the earthquake zone in northern Syria. Reuters
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Red Crescent shipments from Iraq are sent to Syria, where many earthquake survivors have lived through civil war in the past 11 years. Reuters
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Members of The Olive Branches humanitarian aid delegation of the Israel Defence Forces prepare to fly from Israel to Turkey to assist in earthquake-stricken south. Reuters
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The international earthquake response at work as relief supplies from Swiss Humanitarian Aid are loaded on a plane to earthquake-hit Turkey at Zurich Airport. EPA
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Members of International Search and Rescue Germany board a charter plane at Cologne-Bonn Airport on their way to help find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey. Reuters
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Relief supplies for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria stand packed on Turmstrasse in the Moabit neighbourhood of Berlin. AP
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Turkish residents of Berlin, with one the world's largest communities outside of Turkey, collect bags and boxes with warm clothes and other goods for a Turkish nursing service. Reuters
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Polish firefighters at Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit No 9 in Lodz prepare to travel to Turkey. EPA
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In Otopeni near Bucharest, Romanian rescue workers prepare for operations in southern Turkey. EPA
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A Romanian rescue worker and search dog at a briefing before flying to southern Turkey to help local authorities in their rescue missions after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. EPA
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Humanitarian aid relief packages provided by Saudi Arabia being unloaded at Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria. AFP
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An airline worker loads boxes filled with donations onto a Turkish Airlines aircraft at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. AFP
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Syrian workers help to take the food supplied off the plane. Mahmoud Rida / The National
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Displaced people lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey. AP
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Belarusians collect humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors. AFP
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Volunteers of a local non-government organisation 'Pomozi. ba' help sort and pack donations, in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. AFP
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Hundreds of boxes with relief aid are gathered at the municipality of Thessaloniki, in Greece. AFP
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Nazli Goksoi helps sort donations at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC. AFP
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Men in Cairo prepare blankets and clothes to be donated to people in Turkey. Reuters
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Iraqi security forces with humanitarian aid from Red Crescent meant for the affected people in Syria, at a military airbase near Baghdad International Airport. AP
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South Korean firefighters gather before leaving for Turkey to help earthquake victims. AFP
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Algerian rescue teams arrive at Aleppo International Airport. AFP
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Humanitarian aid for earthquake victims at a collecting point in Berlin. EPA
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Umur Zamanoglu, a Turkish search and rescue team leader, outside Adana Airport. Reuters
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Humanitarian aid to be sent to Turkey at Al Udeid air base in Qatar. AFP
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Crews from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, including these firefighters from Pacoima, are joining a USAid mission to Turkey to assist with earthquake recovery efforts. EPA
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Equipment belonging to Los Angeles County Fire Department teams is ready for the USAid mission to Turkey. EPA
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At a military airbase near Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi security forces prepare Red Crescent shipments for Syria to support survivors of the earthquake. Reuters
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Ground crews in Baghdad load a Red Crescent cargo into a plane that will leave for the earthquake zone in northern Syria. Reuters
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Red Crescent shipments from Iraq are sent to Syria, where many earthquake survivors have lived through civil war in the past 11 years. Reuters
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Members of The Olive Branches humanitarian aid delegation of the Israel Defence Forces prepare to fly from Israel to Turkey to assist in earthquake-stricken south. Reuters
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The international earthquake response at work as relief supplies from Swiss Humanitarian Aid are loaded on a plane to earthquake-hit Turkey at Zurich Airport. EPA
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Members of International Search and Rescue Germany board a charter plane at Cologne-Bonn Airport on their way to help find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey. Reuters
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Relief supplies for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria stand packed on Turmstrasse in the Moabit neighbourhood of Berlin. AP
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Turkish residents of Berlin, with one the world's largest communities outside of Turkey, collect bags and boxes with warm clothes and other goods for a Turkish nursing service. Reuters
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Polish firefighters at Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit No 9 in Lodz prepare to travel to Turkey. EPA
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In Otopeni near Bucharest, Romanian rescue workers prepare for operations in southern Turkey. EPA
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A Romanian rescue worker and search dog at a briefing before flying to southern Turkey to help local authorities in their rescue missions after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. EPA
President Sheikh Mohamed sends $100 million of aid to Turkey and Syria
UAE one of many countries ordering relief for victims of earthquake
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07 February, 2023
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