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Added on the 07/10/2018 14:15:31 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rescue workers are searching eight buildings in Bayrakli, a metropolitan distric of Izmir, despite dwindling hope for survivors, as the death toll of a powerful magnitude earthquake which hit western Turkey rose to 49. IMAGES
Rescuers in Izmir continue their desperate search on Saturday through heavy blocks of concrete for survivors after a a deadly earthquake. IMAGES
Indonesian volunteers begin burying bodies in a mass grave with space for more than a thousand people. The quake and tsunami devasted swathes of Sulawesi on Friday and left authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster. IMAGES
Indian rescuers dig through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks. IMAGES
Rescue work continue for 41 Indian workers trapped in a road tunnel, 10 days after a portion of it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. Rescue efforts have been slowed by falling debris as well as repeated breakdowns of the crucial heavy drilling machines, with the air force having to twice airlift new kit. IMAGES