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Added on the 07/09/2019 00:12:50 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show vast destruction in the Moroccan village of Imi N'Tala a week after a devastating earthquake hit the country on September 8. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- flattened entire villages and left tens of thousands of people homeless. The search for dead bodies buried in the rubble continues. IMAGES
Residents, relatives of victims and members of the public gather behind police tape at the site of a burned apartment block in Johannesburg, as K9 teams search through the rubble for any human remains. The deadly blaze that ripped through the five-storey building taken over for illegal housing has killed 74 people including 12 children, according to South African authorities. IMAGES
Families of passengers of an Iranian plane that crashed into the country's Zagros mountains were anxiously waiting for more information on their loved ones in Tehran on Sunday. All 66 people on board are feared dead, with emergency services struggling to locate the wreckage in blizzard conditions
Images of the coast of Porticello, Italy, as divers launch a fresh search for six people missing since their yacht capsized off Sicily on Monday. The British-flagged Bayesian, which had 22 people aboard including 10 crew, was anchored some 700 metres from port before dawn when it was struck by a waterspout, a form of mini tornado. IMAGES
Kenyan authorities began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world. One distraught family received four bodies that were loaded into a hearse from a morgue in the Indian Ocean town of Malindi. 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.