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Added on the 20/02/2023 06:40:24 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Rescuers unload people wounded in a deadly 7.8-magnitude quake from an ambulance into tents at a French-opened field hospital in Adiyaman, Turkey. Last week's tragedy killed nearly 40,000 people across swathes of the southeast of the country and neighbouring northwest Syria, becoming the area's deadliest natural disaster in centuries. IMAGES
Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday in Turkey's Hatay region, at 04:17 AM, the exact same hour a devastating earthquake hit the country a year ago, killing more than 53,500 people. Demonstrators chanted "we won't forgive, we won't forget", lit candles and scuffled with police when the latter tried to block a road. Hatay is the worst hit region from a total of 11 affected by last year's earthquake in Turkey. IMAGES
Rescuers and volunteers work in large numbers to clear the rubble of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, Turkey. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has reached to 33,000, with the United Nations warning that the final number may double. IMAGES
Two Emirati aircrafts deliver relief aid at Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in the coastal city of Jableh in Syria, after a massive earthquake killed and injured thousands in the country and neighbouring Turkey. IMAGES
Heavy traffic clogs the roads to the worst-affected areas around Turkey's quake-hit Iskenderun four days after a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the country's southeast, as well as neighbouring Syria. IMAGES
Medical staff at the NHS Nightingale field hospital for COVID-19 patients take part in the weekly 'Clap for Carers'. Britain is "past the peak" of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said earlier today, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 26,711. IMAGES
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