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Rescue workers in Turkey's Izmir look for survivors in a pile of rubble following a deadly 7.0 earthquake which rocked the region. Much of the damage occurred in and around the Turkish Aegean resort city, which has three million residents and is filled with high-rise apartment blocks. IMAGES
Rescue workers move debris as they search for earthquake survivors in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
French and Turkish rescuers, searching through the rubble in the town of Osmaniye, southern Turkey, discover a body, before bringing it to an ambulance as a crowd waits anxiously near the ruins of a building in which seven people have been found dead, according to an official report given to AFP at 22:25 local time. Search operations like this are ongoing across southern Turkey and northern parts of neighbouring Syria after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, of which the death toll has reached over 12,000. IMAGES
Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Besnaya in Idlib province along Syria's northwestern border with Turkey. At least 783 people were killed Monday across Syria following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. IMAGES
Rescuers in Izmir continue their desperate search through heavy blocks of concrete for survivors after a a deadly earthquake. Most of the damage occured in Izmir, but the shallow tremor also triggered floods in other coastal areas across Turkey and Greece. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.