As Ecuador digs out from its strongest earthquake in decades, devastating loss is everywhere amid the rubble.
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Damages in Quito, Ecuador. The government on April 18 raised the death toll to 350. Fredy Constante / EPA -
Tearful relatives looking for loved ones grabbed chunks of debris with their bare hands as they joined in the search alongside stretched firefighting teams. Rodridgo Buendia / AFP Photo -
People rest in front of a destroyed house in Manta, Ecuador. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo -
Ecuador’s foreign minister Guillaume Long said via Twitter that experienced rescuers were arriving from Switzerland, Spain, and other Latin American countries including Mexico and Peru. Cuba said it was sending a medical brigade to treat victims. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo -
The Spanish Red Cross estimated that up to 100,000 people would need assistance. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo -
A vehicle rolls on a cracked route after the earthquake in Chone, Ecuador. Juan Cevallos / AFP Photo -
A crane operates on the rubble of a collapsed building in Pedernales. Jose Jacome / EPA -
A general view shows a damaged building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Guayaquil, Ecuador. EPA -
A motor cart drives by a collapsed buildings in Pedernales after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Dolores Ochoa / AP Photo -
People search a collapsed building in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Carlos Sacoto / AP Photo
Ecuador quake rescue under way - in pictures
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