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In pictures: Race against time in Turkey, Syria as search for quake survivors continues
In pictures: Race against time in Turkey, Syria as search for quake survivors continues
Rescuers continue to search for survivors in Turkey and Syria amid plummeting temperatures.
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![Search and rescue team cry after saving family of 6 in Hatay, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Turkey%20rescures%20find%20family%20of%206_0.jpeg)
Search and rescue team cry after saving family of 6 in Hatay, Turkey [Getty]
![A Budgerigar is named "Miracle" following its rescue from Zumrut Apartment in Adiyaman, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Turkey%20bird%20saved_0.jpeg)
A Budgerigar is named "Miracle" following its rescue from Zumrut Apartment in Adiyaman, Turkey [Getty]
![An aerial view of ongoing search and rescue operations at a residential site in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/turkey%20gaziantep_0.jpeg)
An aerial view of ongoing search and rescue operations at a residential site in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]
![A child is rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey's Gaziantep [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/turkey%20child%20rescued.jpg)
A child is rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey's Gaziantep [Getty]
![Victims rescued in Gaziantep depart to receive medical treatment after the presidential plane brought them to the Turkish capital, Ankara [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/turkey%20victims%20plane_0.jpeg)
Victims rescued in Gaziantep depart to receive medical treatment after the presidential plane brought them to the Turkish capital, Ankara [Getty]
![Tents set up at a football field by Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/turkey%20gaziantep%20tents.jpg)
Tents set up at a football field by Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]
![Search and rescue efforts continue in the Salqin district of rebel-held Idlib, Syria [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/syria%20idlib%20search%20efforts_0.jpeg)
Search and rescue efforts continue in the Salqin district of rebel-held Idlib, Syria [Getty]
![A member of the Lebanese civil defence rests as search and rescue operations continue in the regime-controlled town of Jableh, Syria [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/syria%20lebanese%20civil%20defense%20member_0.jpeg)
A member of the Lebanese civil defence rests as search and rescue operations continue in the regime-controlled town of Jableh, Syria [Getty]
![Search and rescue efforts continue in the regime-held city of Aleppo, Syria [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/syria%20aleppo%20search%20efforts_1.jpeg)
Search and rescue efforts continue in the regime-held city of Aleppo, Syria [Getty]
![Search and rescue efforts continue in the Salqin district of rebel-held Idlib, Syria [Getty]](/sites/default/files/2023-02/syria%20idlib%20search%20efforts%202_0.jpeg)
Search and rescue efforts continue in the Salqin district of rebel-held Idlib, Syria [Getty]
![A Budgerigar is named "Miracle" following its rescue from Zumrut Apartment in Adiyaman, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/Turkey%20bird%20saved_0.jpeg?h=a556affb&itok=zGIu09F2)
![An aerial view of ongoing search and rescue operations at a residential site in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/turkey%20gaziantep_0.jpeg?h=a556affb&itok=H23Zldhs)
![A child is rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey's Gaziantep [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/turkey%20child%20rescued.jpg?h=f038e787&itok=ZPp0-QUX)
![Victims rescued in Gaziantep depart to receive medical treatment after the presidential plane brought them to the Turkish capital, Ankara [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/turkey%20victims%20plane_0.jpeg?h=a556affb&itok=hbG2Qd6Z)
![Tents set up at a football field by Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in Gaziantep, Turkey [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/turkey%20gaziantep%20tents.jpg?h=279670ce&itok=97HXLmBB)
![Search and rescue efforts continue in the Salqin district of rebel-held Idlib, Syria [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/small_16_9/public/2023-02/syria%20idlib%20search%20efforts_0.jpeg?h=a556affb&itok=iuRZgouZ)
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Rescuers were scouring debris on Friday nearly 100 hours after a massive 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing nearly 22,000 people so far in one of the region's worst disasters for a century.
The first UN aid deliveries arrived on Thursday in northwestern Syrian rebel-held zones, but chances of finding survivors have dimmed since the passing of the three-day mark that experts consider a critical period to save lives.
Monday's quake was the largest Turkey has seen since 1939, when 33,000 people died in the eastern Erzincan province.
Officials and medics said 17,674 people had died in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria from Monday's tremor, bringing the confirmed total to 21,051.
Experts fear the number will continue to rise sharply.
In addition to a staggering human toll, the quake's economic cost appears likely to exceed $2 billion and could reach $4 billion or more, Fitch Ratings said.
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