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Added on the 27/02/2023 16:00:59 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Workers clear the rubble of collapsed walls in medina of Marrakesh as tourists and residents walk around, inspecting the damage in the UNESCO-listed old city, a day after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco. The strongest-ever quake recorded in the country has killed more than 2,000 people and injured over 2,059, many of them seriously. IMAGES
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
Tourists exit Barcelona airport on the day Spain opens its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise its all-important tourism sector which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Tourists and locals evacuate buildings in Bali after a powerful 7 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's nearby Lombok island, sending people running from their homes and triggering a tsunami alert. IMAGES
The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, abstains from committing to a possible interest rate cut in September, saying that the outcome of the next meeting remains "wide open" and would depend on the latest data. SOUNDBITE
Polling stations open across Rwanda for presidential and parliamentary elections with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. Nine million Rwandans will cast their ballots across 2,433 polling stations. IMAGES