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Members of a Qatari rescue team search for survivors in the devastated village of Azgour. Hopes are dimming in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. IMAGES
Images supplied by Spain's Military Emergencies Unit show members of the Spanish rescue team searching the rubble in the earthquake-stricken village of Imi N'Talat, to the southwest of Marrakesh. Spanish rescue workers are among the foreign teams helping in the aftermath of Friday's 6.8-magnitude quake, which struck the Atlas mountains. The disaster has so far killed at least 2,681 people and left another 2,500 injured. IMAGES
Search and rescue teams gather in Talat N'Yaaqoub village in the Altas mountains before being deployed to search for quake victims The earthquake killed at least 2,122 people, injured more than 2,400 others, and flattened entire villages. IMAGES
Moroccan earthquake survivors shelter in a makeshift camp near their destroyed houses in the devastated village of Ighermane. Vehicles packed with supplies were inching up winding mountain roads to deliver desperately needed food and tents to survivors of the nation's strongest quake on record and deadliest in more than six decades. IMAGES
The Red Cross appeals for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance to Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people. "We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time," says Caroline Holt, the global director of operations at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Friday's 6.8-magnitude quake was the most powerful in Morocco on record. SOUNDBITE