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50,000+ people have been killed in Syria and Turkey by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the most powerful quakes in the region for more than a century.
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people.
It is feared that the current death toll could double.
Against all the odds, search teams were still pulling people from the rubble on Wednesday, more than 48 hours after the initial 7.8-magnitude quake that has devastated Turkey and Syria.
KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey - It is the last time Mesut Hancer will ever hold his 15-year-old daughter's hand. And despite the icy weather, he refuses to let it go, caressing her waxy fingers after she died in the fearsome earthquake that has devastated southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. Mesut