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Aerial images of destroyed buildings in the Turkish city of Antakya in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first time that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
Aerial shots of the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, showing the scale of destruction. Some of the heaviest devastation occurred near the quake's epicentre between Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep, where entire city blocks lay in ruins. IMAGES
Palestinians gather in front of a building in Gaza City hit by an Israeli air strike amid an ongoing heavy exchange of fire between Israel and Gaza militants. IMAGES
Aerial shots show the damage done to a road near Pazarcik, Turkey, by the deadly earthquake which struck Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6 2023. The fault line between two tectonic plates – the Arabian and the Eurasian – lays beneath Turkey’s southeastern provinces and passes through this road. IMAGES
Thousands gather in Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6, 2023. IMAGES
Drone footage of a camp for displaced Gazans in Rafah near the border with Egypt. IMAGES