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A man reacts while standing amid rubble following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. Reuters-Yonhap
A man reacts while standing amid rubble following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. Reuters-Yonhap


A rescue team works on a collapsed building, following an earthquake in Antakya, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap
A rescue team works on a collapsed building, following an earthquake in Antakya, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap


Emergency personnel during a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 6. Two earthquakes struck southern Turkey close to the Syrian border on Feb. 6. Thousands of people have died and more than seven thousand have been injured in Turkey, according to AFAD,  theTurkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency.  EPA-Yonhap
Emergency personnel during a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 6. Two earthquakes struck southern Turkey close to the Syrian border on Feb. 6. Thousands of people have died and more than seven thousand have been injured in Turkey, according to AFAD, theTurkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. EPA-Yonhap


People search for their relatives at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 6. EPA-Yonhap
People search for their relatives at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 6. EPA-Yonhap


People and emergency teams search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap
People and emergency teams search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap


 Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap
Emergency team members search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap


 Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. AP-Yonhap
Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. AP-Yonhap


Emergency workers and medics rescue a woman out of the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan, Kahramanmaras, in southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7. AP-Yonhap
Emergency workers and medics rescue a woman out of the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan, Kahramanmaras, in southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7. AP-Yonhap


A member of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets, carries a child rescued from the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, early on Feb. 6. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings, and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus and Egypt. AFP-Yonhap
A member of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets, carries a child rescued from the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, early on Feb. 6. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings, and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus and Egypt. AFP-Yonhap


Youngsters sit around a fire near the site of a collapsed hospital, following an earthquake in Iskenderun, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap
Youngsters sit around a fire near the site of a collapsed hospital, following an earthquake in Iskenderun, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap


Women cry as they watch while the emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap
Women cry as they watch while the emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. AP-Yonhap


Residents retrieve an injured girl from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap
Residents retrieve an injured girl from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap


Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb. 7. Reuters-Yonhap
Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb. 7. Reuters-Yonhap


Rescuers carry out a girl from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap
Rescuers carry out a girl from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey Feb. 6. Reuters-Yonhap


Residents retrieve an injured man from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap
Residents retrieve an injured man from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap


Exterior view on a damaged house during rescue operations at Masharqa neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap
Exterior view on a damaged house during rescue operations at Masharqa neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap


A man looks on at search and rescue operations conducted in the rubble of a collasped building, in Diyarbakir on Feb. 6, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. AFP-Yonhap
A man looks on at search and rescue operations conducted in the rubble of a collasped building, in Diyarbakir on Feb. 6, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. AFP-Yonhap



A photo taken with a drone shows a an aerial view over collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap
A photo taken with a drone shows a an aerial view over collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap



This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the twon of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held noryhwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap
This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the twon of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held noryhwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on Feb. 6. AFP-Yonhap


<span>Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia, Feb. 7. TASS-Yonhap</span><br /><br />
Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia, Feb. 7. TASS-Yonhap


People search for victims and survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap
People search for victims and survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 7. EPA-Yonhap


Shim Hyun-chul shim@koreatimes.co.kr


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