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Aerial images of destroyed buildings in the Turkish city of Antakya in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first time that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
Aerial shots of the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, showing the scale of destruction. Some of the heaviest devastation occurred near the quake's epicentre between Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep, where entire city blocks lay in ruins. IMAGES
The sun rises in Morocco Saturday during the nerve-wracking final stages of a massive rescue operation to free Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well since Tuesday. The complex and risky earth-moving operation has gripped residents of the North African kingdom and even sparked sympathy in neighbouring Algeria, a regional rival. Rayan fell some 32 metres (100 feet) down the empty shaft in the remote village of Ighrane in Chefchaouen province on Tuesday afternoon. IMAGES
A velociraptor egg-shaped capsule could help save people's lives in the event of a big earthquake. Mexican engineer Reynaldo Vela, showcased the design in Mexico City, nearly a year after an earthquake in Central Mexico left 370 people dead.
One Indian elephant living on the island of Sri Lanka somehow found its way into a canal on Tuesday and was quickly swept up by the strong current. The steep cement banks of the canal made it impossible for the elephant to climb up over the side. A group of rescuers joined workers from Sri Lanka's Department of Willdlife Conservation to help the trapped elephant escape from the Aluthwewa Z-D main canal. Rescuers used branches, ropes, and harmless but frightening blank shots from rifles to guide the elephant to a bank of the canal where they placed wooden trunk-holds for the elephant to grab onto to pull herself up.
It's always heartwarming to see humans working together to help animals in need. Disaster struck when one unlucky puppy fell into a freshly dug 230 foot deep well on February 5th in the Dereseki neighbourhood of the Beykoz district of Istanbul. Animal rights activists, fire fighters, municipal rescue teams and members of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) went up in arms to help with the operation.
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