The death toll is expected to rise in Turkey and Syria. Reuters
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A child being rescued from the rubble in this screengrab obtained from social media, in Bisnia in Syria. Reuters
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A rescued boy is given water in a bottle cap in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
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A woman carries a box of food in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Reuters
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'We were screaming for help until people came to help us and they took us to the hospital', said Hamid from Homs who was injured in a building collapse. Matt Kynaston / The National
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Palestinians attend a vigil to exress solidarity with the people of Turkey and Syria in Khan Yunius in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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A collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey after a major earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6. EPA
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A Syrian man cries as he sits on the rubble of a collapsed building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris. AFP
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A man carries a girl who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay. EPA
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Members of the Turkish community in Berlin gather humanitarian aid. EPA
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A Turkish soldier in front of a collapsed building in Hatay. EPA
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The rubble of buildings in the village of Besnaya in Syria's Idlib province. AFP
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Russian rescuers search for survivors in the town of Jableh in Syria's Latakia province. AFP
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A photo taken with a drone shows an aerial view over collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. EPA
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Destruction in Hatay city centre. AP
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Members of the Turkish community in Berlin collect aid to support victims. Reuters
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An injured man is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from the rubble in Hatay. Reuters
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A man carries an aid box in Hatay. Getty
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Bags of wood for fires are distributed in Hatay Turkey. Getty
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A man trapped in rubble waits while debris is removed in Hatay. AFP
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Residents look for their relatives in Hatay. AFP
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Rescuers look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicentre. AFP
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Emergency personnel search for victims at the site of a collapsed building in the city of Iskenderun. EPA
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Muhammet Ruzgar, five, is carried by rescuers from the site of a damaged building in Hatay. Reuters
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A newborn found attached by her umbilical cord to her mother and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria receives care at a clinic in Afrin. AFP
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Women grieve in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
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Smoke billows at the site of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey. Getty
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An Iraqi plane offloads aid at Damascus airport in Syria. Reuters
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Two people cry near rubble in Turkey's Hatay province. Reuters
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A damaged building in Iskenderun. EPA
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Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Iskenderun. EPA
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Cennet Sucu is rescued from beneath the rubble of collapsed hospital in Iskenderun. Reuters
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Security forces load Red Crescent aid on to a plane destined for Syria at a military base in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
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People rest next to fire amid the rubble in Hatay, after a 7. 8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's south-east. AFP
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Rescuers board a charter plane in Cologne, Germany, as they head to Turkey to assist in the search for find survivors of the quake. Reuters
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Injured survivors wait to be treated at a field hospital in Iskenderun,Turkey. Getty
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Residents of Turkish city Adana gather at the scene of a collapsed building. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 2,000 after the region's strongest quake in nearly a century. AFP
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Residents search for survivors amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Besnia, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
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A rescuer carries a Syrian toddler, Raghad Ismail, away from the rubble of a building. Reuters
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Residents wait anxiously as rescue operations take place in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble in Diyarbakir. Reuters
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Residents search for survivors in Besnia, Syria. AFP
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A Syrian man weeps as he carries the body of his son who was killed in an earthquake in the town of Jandaris. AFP
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A wounded man in Jandaris. AFP
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Rescue workers search for survivors in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A man carries a girl to safety following the earthquake, in Jandaris, Syria. Reuters
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People receive treatment at Al Rahma hospital in the Syrian town of Darkush. AFP
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Rescuers carry a girl from a collapsed building, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A survivor is extracted from the rubble in Diyarbakir. AFP
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The aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6 in Adana, Turkey. Reuters
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Rescuers work near the site of a collapsed building in Hama, Syria. Reuters
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Turkish sweet vendors at Dubai Waterfront Market watch earthquake updates on a phone. Victor Besa / The National
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Hayri Aggül and Ismet Guven watch the latest news on the disaster. Victor Besa / The National
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Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (C) leads an emergency cabinet meeting in the capital, Damascus. EPA
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Hundreds of people were killed as they slept. Abd Almajed Alkarh for The National
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Rescue teams search for survivors in Idlib, Syria. Abd Almajed Alkarh for The National
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Rescue teams look for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. AFP
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A desperate search for survivors in Aleppo. AFP
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Despair in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey. AFP
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An injured survivor is pulled from the rubble in Diyarbakir. AFP
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Relatives face an anxious wait as emergency teams search for survivors in Diyarbakir. EPA
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Damage caused by the earthquake in Idlib, north-western Syria. Moawia Atrash for The National
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An injured child is plucked from the rubble of a building following the earthquake in rebel-held Azaz, Syria. Reuters
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A Syrian Civil Defence team recovering victims of the earthquake in Idlib. Moawia Atrash for The National
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Tremors were felt as far away as Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. Moawia Atrash for The National
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Destruction in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria. Reuters
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People search through rubble in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A car is smashed up by fallen debris in Azaz. Reuters
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Damaged vehicles after the powerful earthquake in Diyarbakir. EPA
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Severe damage to a mosque in Malatya, Turkey. AP
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Several buildings collapsed, trapping many people underneath the rubble. AP
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Hospitals in north-eastern Syria were full of injured people. AFP
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An injured man waits for treatment at Bab Al Hawa hospital in Syria's Idlib province. AFP
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A car is buried underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Azmarin, a town in Syria's Idlib province. AP
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Rescuers search for victims as an ambulance waits. AFP
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An injured child awaits treatment at Bab Al Hawa hospital. AFP
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Rescuers search through the rubble for survivors. EPA
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The US Geological Survey said the quake began at 4.17am local time. EPA
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People at the site of a collapsed building. EPA
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The earthquake in Turkey caused widespread destruction. AP
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People gather around a collapsed building in Pazarcik, in Turkey's Kahramanmaras province. AP
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At least 130 buildings collapsed in the Turkish city of Malatya. Reuters
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Rescuers search for victims in Diyarbakir. AFP
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Rescuers carry a victim at the site of a collapsed building in Hama, Syria. AFP
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Rescuers search for survivors in Hama. AFP
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Rescuers carry a victim pulled out from under the rubble of an eight-storey building. AFP
Damaged buildings in Hama. The aftershocks of the quake were felt in Syria and other neighbouring countries.
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A Syrian Civil Defence representative said the situation in the city was catastrophic. Reuters
The death toll is expected to rise in Turkey and Syria. Reuters
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A child being rescued from the rubble in this screengrab obtained from social media, in Bisnia in Syria. Reuters
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A rescued boy is given water in a bottle cap in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
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A woman carries a box of food in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Reuters
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'We were screaming for help until people came to help us and they took us to the hospital', said Hamid from Homs who was injured in a building collapse. Matt Kynaston / The National
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Palestinians attend a vigil to exress solidarity with the people of Turkey and Syria in Khan Yunius in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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A collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey after a major earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6. EPA
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A Syrian man cries as he sits on the rubble of a collapsed building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris. AFP
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A man carries a girl who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay. EPA
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Members of the Turkish community in Berlin gather humanitarian aid. EPA
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A Turkish soldier in front of a collapsed building in Hatay. EPA
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The rubble of buildings in the village of Besnaya in Syria's Idlib province. AFP
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Russian rescuers search for survivors in the town of Jableh in Syria's Latakia province. AFP
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A photo taken with a drone shows an aerial view over collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. EPA
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Destruction in Hatay city centre. AP
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Members of the Turkish community in Berlin collect aid to support victims. Reuters
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An injured man is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from the rubble in Hatay. Reuters
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A man carries an aid box in Hatay. Getty
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Bags of wood for fires are distributed in Hatay Turkey. Getty
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A man trapped in rubble waits while debris is removed in Hatay. AFP
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Residents look for their relatives in Hatay. AFP
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Rescuers look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicentre. AFP
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Emergency personnel search for victims at the site of a collapsed building in the city of Iskenderun. EPA
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Muhammet Ruzgar, five, is carried by rescuers from the site of a damaged building in Hatay. Reuters
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A newborn found attached by her umbilical cord to her mother and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria receives care at a clinic in Afrin. AFP
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Women grieve in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
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Smoke billows at the site of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey. Getty
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An Iraqi plane offloads aid at Damascus airport in Syria. Reuters
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Two people cry near rubble in Turkey's Hatay province. Reuters
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A damaged building in Iskenderun. EPA
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Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Iskenderun. EPA
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Cennet Sucu is rescued from beneath the rubble of collapsed hospital in Iskenderun. Reuters
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Security forces load Red Crescent aid on to a plane destined for Syria at a military base in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
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People rest next to fire amid the rubble in Hatay, after a 7. 8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's south-east. AFP
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Rescuers board a charter plane in Cologne, Germany, as they head to Turkey to assist in the search for find survivors of the quake. Reuters
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Injured survivors wait to be treated at a field hospital in Iskenderun,Turkey. Getty
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Residents of Turkish city Adana gather at the scene of a collapsed building. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 2,000 after the region's strongest quake in nearly a century. AFP
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Residents search for survivors amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Besnia, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
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A rescuer carries a Syrian toddler, Raghad Ismail, away from the rubble of a building. Reuters
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Residents wait anxiously as rescue operations take place in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble in Diyarbakir. Reuters
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Residents search for survivors in Besnia, Syria. AFP
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A Syrian man weeps as he carries the body of his son who was killed in an earthquake in the town of Jandaris. AFP
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A wounded man in Jandaris. AFP
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Rescue workers search for survivors in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A man carries a girl to safety following the earthquake, in Jandaris, Syria. Reuters
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People receive treatment at Al Rahma hospital in the Syrian town of Darkush. AFP
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Rescuers carry a girl from a collapsed building, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A survivor is extracted from the rubble in Diyarbakir. AFP
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The aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6 in Adana, Turkey. Reuters
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Rescuers work near the site of a collapsed building in Hama, Syria. Reuters
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Turkish sweet vendors at Dubai Waterfront Market watch earthquake updates on a phone. Victor Besa / The National
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Hayri Aggül and Ismet Guven watch the latest news on the disaster. Victor Besa / The National
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Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (C) leads an emergency cabinet meeting in the capital, Damascus. EPA
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Hundreds of people were killed as they slept. Abd Almajed Alkarh for The National
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Rescue teams search for survivors in Idlib, Syria. Abd Almajed Alkarh for The National
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Rescue teams look for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. AFP
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A desperate search for survivors in Aleppo. AFP
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Despair in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey. AFP
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An injured survivor is pulled from the rubble in Diyarbakir. AFP
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Relatives face an anxious wait as emergency teams search for survivors in Diyarbakir. EPA
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Damage caused by the earthquake in Idlib, north-western Syria. Moawia Atrash for The National
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An injured child is plucked from the rubble of a building following the earthquake in rebel-held Azaz, Syria. Reuters
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A Syrian Civil Defence team recovering victims of the earthquake in Idlib. Moawia Atrash for The National
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Tremors were felt as far away as Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. Moawia Atrash for The National
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Destruction in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria. Reuters
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People search through rubble in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Reuters
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A car is smashed up by fallen debris in Azaz. Reuters
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Damaged vehicles after the powerful earthquake in Diyarbakir. EPA
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Severe damage to a mosque in Malatya, Turkey. AP
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Several buildings collapsed, trapping many people underneath the rubble. AP
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Hospitals in north-eastern Syria were full of injured people. AFP
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An injured man waits for treatment at Bab Al Hawa hospital in Syria's Idlib province. AFP
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A car is buried underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Azmarin, a town in Syria's Idlib province. AP
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Rescuers search for victims as an ambulance waits. AFP
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An injured child awaits treatment at Bab Al Hawa hospital. AFP
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Rescuers search through the rubble for survivors. EPA
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The US Geological Survey said the quake began at 4.17am local time. EPA
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People at the site of a collapsed building. EPA
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The earthquake in Turkey caused widespread destruction. AP
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People gather around a collapsed building in Pazarcik, in Turkey's Kahramanmaras province. AP
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At least 130 buildings collapsed in the Turkish city of Malatya. Reuters
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Rescuers search for victims in Diyarbakir. AFP
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Rescuers carry a victim at the site of a collapsed building in Hama, Syria. AFP
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Rescuers search for survivors in Hama. AFP
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Rescuers carry a victim pulled out from under the rubble of an eight-storey building. AFP
Damaged buildings in Hama. The aftershocks of the quake were felt in Syria and other neighbouring countries.
Reuters
A Syrian Civil Defence representative said the situation in the city was catastrophic. Reuters
The death toll is expected to rise in Turkey and Syria. Reuters
Turkey and Syria earthquake timeline: How the disaster unfolded
Emergency operation gathers pace in entire neighbourhoods devastated by quake and aftershocks
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