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Added on the 07/02/2023 12:48:36 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Dozens of red balloons speckle the rubble of a destroyed building alongside a main road in Turkey's quake-hit south. They are the final tribute to children killed by the earthquake that devastated Antakya, according to Ogun Sever Okur, who is behind the memorial. "The dominant feeling in me is grief" he says as he hangs the balloons. "I distribute toys to the surviving children and, for the other children who were here, this is the last toy I could give them".
In Antakya, Turkey, a survivor is pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building by a group of rescue workers, on the 8th day after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the region. The toll from the Turkey-Syria has risen above 35,000, as rescue teams have started to wind down the search for survivors. IMAGES
In the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, one of the oldest mosques in the country and the Greek Orthodox Church are reduced to rubble after the massive earthquake. Antakya, a city of around 250,000 people in south-central Turkey, was once the ancient city of Antioch and was a key staging point on the Silk Road.
Extended family members pull a newborn baby alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after finding her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday's massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed thousands. She is the only survivor of her immediate family.
"Where is my mum?" A girl asks rescuers, after being pulled alive from the rubble caused by a devastating Turkey quake on Monday night. Turkey's southeastern city of Hatay lying on the border with Syria is among the cities struck hardest by a major earthquake that killed more than 3,800 and flattened countless buildings. IMAGES
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