Rescue efforts in Türkiye coming to a close

Türkiye is bringing its rescue efforts to an end almost two weeks after the earthquake that caused devastation throughout the Turkish-Syrian region. Efforts will now focus on retrieving the bodies of those who were trapped under the rubble as the death toll has risen past 46,000.

Tent cities for the earthquake victims in Malatya, Turkey, on February 19, 2023. The 7.8-magnitude Turkey-Syria earthquake, which occurred on February 6 at 4:17 a.m. local time, left a trail of destruction in its wake. At least 6,000 buildings have collapsed in Turkey and Syria. The death toll from the quake has exceeded 41,000 people. Photo by Cem Tekkesinoglu/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM. Source: AAP / Demiroren Visual Media/ABACA/PA/Alamy

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