![Italian search and rescue workers look for survivors stuck under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Durres, western Albania on November 27, 2019, after an earthquake hit Albania. Albania was in national mourning on November 27 as emergency workers continued to pull bodies from the ruins of buildings gutted by a violent earthquake, with nearly 30 dead found so far and more than 40 rescued alive. Tirana declared a state of emergency in the areas hardest-hit by the November 26 pre-dawn earthquake: the coastal city of Durres and the town of Thumane, where victims were trapped by toppled buildings. / AFP / Armend NIMANI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4CBMYGDT6FYJFI7KPE3CSWORC4.jpg?smart=true&auth=7799e09aa1899faae1cbb3d9b196b5a35bb88775ba55e93c26c2f554c82f2094&width=400&height=225)
Italian search and rescue workers look for survivors stuck under the rubble of a collapsed building. AFP
Italian search and rescue workers look for survivors stuck under the rubble of a collapsed building. AFP
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27 November, 2019