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An Israeli ground invasion of the city of Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip would be a "mistake," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says at the White House. SOUNDBITE
Members of a Qatari rescue team search for survivors in the devastated village of Azgour. Hopes are dimming in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. IMAGES
Search and rescue teams gather in Talat N'Yaaqoub village in the Altas mountains before being deployed to search for quake victims The earthquake killed at least 2,122 people, injured more than 2,400 others, and flattened entire villages. IMAGES
Fifty six Spanish rescue workers and four search dogs board a military plane in Zaragoza to travel to quake-hit Morocco after receiving a formal request for help from Rabat. The strongest-ever quake to hit Morocco has killed at least 2,012 people and injured over 2,000, many of them critically, according to the latest official figures. IMAGES
The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 35 on Friday with rescue operations ongoing. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday on Thursday plunged into the stepwell after the floor covering it collapsed in the central city of Indore. IMAGES
Rescuers and volunteers work in large numbers to clear the rubble of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, Turkey. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has reached to 33,000, with the United Nations warning that the final number may double. IMAGES