Turkey-Syria quake: Faces of hope emerge from the rubble as children survive days after the quake

Faces of hope emerge from rubble as children continue to be rescued after deadly quake

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February 9, 2023 - Rescuers with a child they pulled out from under rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Turkey, February 9, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from social media video.
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February 8, 2023 - The White Helmet volunteers rescue a child from under rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Jandaris, Syria February 8, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video.
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Feb. 8, 2023 - Jana Al Abdo, 7 years-old, who was pulled from under the rubble after a 50-hour rescue operation caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, receives treatment at a hospital run by the Syrian American Medical Society near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in the north of Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Jana is one of untold numbers of orphans left by Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake.
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February 7, 2023 - A child is rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in Azmarin, Syria, February 7, 2023 in this still image taken from video.
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February 7, 2023 - A family is rescued from rubble in this screengrab obtained from social media, in Bisnia, Syria, February 7, 2023.
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Feb. 8, 2023 - Algerian rescue workers provide first aid to a child they rescued from under the rubble in Adiyaman, Turkey, on Feb. 8, 2023, about 50 hours after the earthquake hit the area.
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February 8, 2023 - The White Helmet volunteers hold the child after pulling her out of the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Jandaris, Syria February 8, 2023.
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Feb. 10, 2023 - Rescuers and mother surround Adnan Mohammet Korkut after he was rescued in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, early Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The teenager was pulled out largely unscathed from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep early Friday, in a dramatic rescue that belied the reality that the chances of finding many more survivors four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed tens of thousands are shrinking fast.
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February 9, 2023 - Israeli and Turkish rescue team members move a rescued 14-year-old girl from under the rubble, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023.
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February 9, 2023 - This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team handing over a four-month-old girl called Abir rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building following a massive earthquake on February 6, in Antakya, in Hatay province on February 8, 2023. The four-month-old Abir survived with her relatives for almost three days in the rubble of a residential building and was rescued by the Swiss team, after which she was handed over to a relatives. The FDFA confirmed that this marks the first time in 20 years that Swiss rescue workers sent to assist with catastrophe’s abroad have found people alive.
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Feb. 10, 2023 - A rescuer takes care of a young girl rescued 4 days after the earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, early Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Rescuers have pulled more survivors from beneath collapsed buildings, but hopes were fading of finding many more people alive after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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February 10, 2023 - Turkish boy Poyraz is carried to an ambulance after being rescued alive from rubbles in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023.
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February 8, 2023 - A rescuer holds baby boy Kerem Agirtas, a 20-day-old survivor who was pulled from under the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 8, 2023.
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February 8, 2023 - A baby is rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay Province, Turkey, February 8, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. Istanbul Municipality/Handout via REUTERS
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Feb. 9, 2023 - A baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey receives treatment inside an incubator at a children's hospital in the town of Afrin, Aleppo province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. The baby girl is the only survivor in her family after her parents and four siblings were killed in Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria. She has been given a name, Aya, Doctor Hani Maarouf who is treating her said Thursday.
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