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Rescue workers in the South African city of George are battling to save dozens of people, including many still unaccounted for, after a residential building collapsed killing at least six. The five-storey apartment block caved in on Monday (May 6) afternoon while under construction, municipal authorities from the coastal city said. IMAGES
Police and firefighters dig through the rubble to search for survivors after a landslide hit the town of Alausi, in the province of Chimborazo, southern Ecuador, leaving at least 16 people dead. IMAGES
Images of French and Turkish rescuers searching through rubble in Osmaniye, southern Turkey, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, devastating entire sections of major cities in southeastern Turkey and the north of Syria. The death toll reached over 11,200 three days after the disaster. IMAGES
In the city of Antalya, Turkey's rescue services search through the debris for bodies and survivors trapped in the wreckage two days after a 7.8 magnitude quake hit Syria and Turkey, claiming thousands of lives. Monday's earthquake was the largest Turkey has seen since 1939, when 33,000 people died in the eastern Erzincan province. IMAGES
Aerial images show rescuers searching the rubble in Sarmada, Syria, after a deadly earthquake struck, killing at least 386. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck Syria and neighbouring Turkey before dawn on Monday, levelling buildings and sending out tremors felt as far away as Cyprus and Egypt. IMAGES