Life and death in the rubble: Harrowing scenes from the earthquake aftermath

Abdulalim Muaini lies under the rubble next to the body of his wife Esra, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 8. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A man with a headlamp walks in a pile of rubble as rescue team members search for survivors in Kirikhan, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Suleyman Samar, a 64-year-old man, reacts before being rescued alive from rubble in Iskenderun, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Berkcan Zengin

A man sits on rocks surrounded by rubble following the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

Children whose house was destroyed during the war in Syria, and later moved to Turkey, sit in a car next to a damaged building after their house was destroyed, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Israeli Defence Forces members and a Turkish rescue team's members move a rescued 14-year-old girl from under the rubble in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People react next to the bodies of victims in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Members of a search and rescue team look for survivors in the rubble in Hatay, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

A man and a woman hold hands while walking amidst rubble next to a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

A local Turkish man hugs an Israeli Defence Forces member amidst rescue operations in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People take shelter inside a mosque in Jableh, Syria, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar

People gather near the site of a collapsed building as rescuers search for survivors in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Women mourn for a relative at a cemetery of victims in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

People sit next to rubble at the site of a collapsed building in Kirikhan, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Earthquake survivors rest at a temporary shelter in Idlib, Syria, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Omar Al-Bam

Men stand next to the graves of victims in a cemetery in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

Murad Muhiddin carries the body of his 2-year-old son Vail, a victim of a collapsed building, in Hatay Province, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A body is seen in the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay Province, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A woman sits amid the rubble following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Women react next to the body of a relative, kept at a stadium, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

The bodies of victims are kept at a sports hall in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

A person searches in the rubble at the site of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

A woman mourns for her deceased relative in Hatay Province, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

People look amid rubble in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A rescuer holds baby boy Kerem Agirtas, a 20-day-old survivor who was pulled from under the rubble in Hatay, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Relatives surround a truck carrying bodies of Syrians killed in an earthquake in Turkey, upon their arrival by trucks through the border crossing of the Cilvegozu border gate, in Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

A dead body lies on the ground near rubble in Hatay Province, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A man reacts as he sits next to a child lying in a bed at a hospital in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

A man sits next to a dead body covered with a blanket at the site of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Muhammet Ruzgar, 5, is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

The bodies of victims are kept at a sports hall in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya