Two days after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the authorities have again given new death figures – more than 11,700 people have now died in the disaster. In Turkey alone, 9,057 people died, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in the Hatay earthquake region.
Almost 53,000 people were injured. More than 6,400 houses collapsed. 2,662 deaths were recently reported from Syria. The cover photo shows the extent of the destruction in the Turkish city of Iskenderun.
1. Turkey, Kahramanmaras
Rescue teams try to find survivors in the buildings destroyed by the earthquakes. Temperatures around freezing point made things even harder for the survivors in the disaster area, and many of them no longer have a roof over their heads.
2. Turkey, Hatay
Eight-year-old Yiğit was rescued from a collapsed house in Hatay province after 52 hours on Wednesday. In the picture he hugs his mother.
3. Turkey, Hatay
A woman in Iskenderun district of Hatay, one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquakes in Turkey. Many people spent the night outdoors in rainy, cold weather, burning firewood to keep warm.
4. Turkey, Hatay
16-year-old Mahmut is rescued after the earthquake. He was trapped in the rubble of a house for 56 hours.
5. Syria, Afrin
The newborn girl Aja lies in an incubator in a children’s hospital. After the devastating earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border, Aja was found under a destroyed house, freed and christened “miracle baby” by the rescuers. It is assumed that the mother died shortly after the birth. A rescuer cut the umbilical cord with a knife before pulling the girl out of the rubble. Aja means “miracle” in Arabic.
6. Turkey, Kahramanmaras
An aerial photo shows the tent city erected by officials from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) after magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes struck several provinces of Turkey on February 7, 2023.
7. Syria, Jindires
Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) members rescue a boy trapped under a destroyed building after the devastating earthquake. The White Helmets are a private civil defense organization of volunteers and paid workers that has been active since the Civil War.
8. Turkey, Malatya
Paramedics transport the injured to a military plane that will fly them from Malatya to Istanbul on Wednesday.
9. Turkey, Kahramanmaras
Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the Kahramanmaras earthquake near the epicenter.
10. Turkey, Hatay
This aerial photo shows collapsed buildings in Hatay, southeast Turkey, on Wednesday, two days after the powerful earthquake struck. More than 6,400 houses collapsed in Turkey, officials said on Wednesday.
11. Turkey, Hatay
Rescuers carry eight-year-old Syrian boy Mehtez after he was extricated from the rubble.
12. Turkey, Hatay
Aerial view of collapsed buildings in Hatay on Tuesday. Turkey declared seven days of national mourning after the deadly earthquake.
13. Turkey, Hatay
Rescuers carry a woman who was freed from the rubble after the severe earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border.
14. Turkey, Hatay
A car stands under the rubble of a destroyed building.
15. Syria, Jindires
Women weep next to bodies lying in the back of a truck on Tuesday. The city of Jindires is in the rebel-controlled part of Aleppo province.
