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(230220) -- KAHRAMANMARAS, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 19, 2023 shows a view of damage in the quake-hit city of Kahramanmaras, Türkiye. Turkish authorities have almost completed search and rescue work nearly two weeks after massive earthquakes that claimed more than 40,000 lives in the country, a Turkish disaster agency said Sunday. Search and rescue are still underway in 40 buildings of two heavily-damaged southern provinces, Hatay and Kahramanmaras, head of Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) Yunus Sezer, said at a press conference. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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