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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
Members of a rescue team search for survivors in a damaged building in Hualien. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. IMAGES
Rescue workers continue to scour the rubble for survivors in the Imi N'Tala village, five days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. 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 show aerial shots of Ukrainian rescuers, continuing their search for earthquake survivors in Turkey. The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the country and neighbouring Syria just over a week ago has left nearly 40,000 people dead, according to the latest figures. 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