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Firefighters pick through the still-smouldering ruins of a 14-storey apartment building for the more than a dozen people reported missing after a fire ravaged the block of flats in the Spanish port city of Valencia, claiming the lives of at least four people. Experts say the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on February 22. IMAGES
Images supplied by Spain's Military Emergencies Unit show members of the Spanish rescue team searching the rubble in the earthquake-stricken village of Imi N'Talat, to the southwest of Marrakesh. Spanish rescue workers are among the foreign teams helping in the aftermath of Friday's 6.8-magnitude quake, which struck the Atlas mountains. The disaster has so far killed at least 2,681 people and left another 2,500 injured. IMAGES
Rescue teams search for victims under the rubble in devastated Talat N'Yaaqoub village in the Atlas mountains. The earthquake killed at least 2,122 people, injured more than 2,400 others, and flattened entire villages. IMAGES
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a four-storey apartment building that collapsed in central Marseille, France's second city. At least five people have been injured in the incident and more casualties are expected, the city's mayor has warned. IMAGES
People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, where 10 people died in a mass shooting Saturday as they celebrated the Lunar New Year near Los Angeles. IMAGES
Rescuers search for survivors buried under the rubble near the town of Cianjur after an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed 162, injuring hundreds more. IMAGES