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Added on the 05/04/2024 05:26:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Emergency workers use heavy machinery in the eastern Taiwan city of Hualien after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Wednesday morning. At least nine people died in the quake -- all in Hualien county -- and more than 1,000 were injured across the country. The earthquake is the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years. IMAGES
Emergency services rescue three people, including one child, from the rubble of a hotel that collapsed in Kröv, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, leaving one person dead. IMAGES
Workers demolish the tilted Uranus building in Hualien. Wednesday's magnitude-7.4 earthquake caused it to tilt at a 45-degree angle, its twisted exterior quickly becoming one of the most recognisable images to emerge from the disaster. IMAGES
Emergency crews work near a heavily-tilted building in Hualien Thursday morning after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area the day before. IMAGES
Emergency workers respond to the aftermath of a missile strike in Kyiv, with overnight Russian missile attacks across the country killing at least three peole. The army's chief said Russian forces had fired 41 missiles and that Ukrainian forces had shot down 21. In Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 people had been injured and 13 hospitalised. IMAGES