TÜRKIYE-KAHRAMANMARAS-PAZARCIK-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

TÜRKIYE-KAHRAMANMARAS-PAZARCIK-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- PAZARCIK, Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in Pazarcik District, Kahramanmaras Province, Türkiye, on Feb. 6, 2023. Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has raised the death toll from Monday's powerful earthquakes to 2,316, as the rescue teams are racing against time to save people trapped under the rubble in cold and rainy weather. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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