A man carries a child from a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)
Search and rescue teams are spread across Turkey and Syria on Tuesday, racing to find survivors from the massive earthquake and multiple aftershocks. Thousands of buildings have been leveled and the confirmed death toll soaring past 7,200 people.
Rescue workers work at the scene of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey on Tuesday. The earthquake and aftershocks caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)Women hug each other near a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey on Tuesday. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)An aerial view shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Azmarin in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)An injured woman lies in a bed at a hospital in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia on Tuesday following a deadly earthquake in the area. (AFP via Getty Images)Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia following the deadly earthquake. (AFP via Getty Images)People dig a grave for an earthquake victim in Aleppo, Syria on Tuesday. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, Turkey, on Tuesday. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. (Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images)Rescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, close to the quake's epicenter, on Tuesday. (Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images)Smoke billows from the Iskenderun Port as rescue workers search the site of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey on Tuesday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)A woman waits for news of her loved ones who are believed to be trapped under collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey on Tuesday. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)Syrian women recite prayers at an emergency shelter in the center of the city of Maarat Misrin, Syria, in the rebel-held northern part of the northwestern Idlib province one day after a deadly earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, on Tuesday. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)Two men watch from the top floor of a damaged building as rescue teams search for victims and survivors stuck under the rubble in the government-held northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, following a deadly earthquake that hit the region the previous day. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)People search the rubble of a house in which one entire family except a newborn baby was killed, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, Syria following a deadly earthquake on Tuesday. (Rami al Sayed/AFP via Getty Images)People gather at a convent to spend the night as they fear more tremors following a deadly earthquake on Monday, in Aleppo, Syria. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)People take rest next to bonfire in the rubble in Hatay, Turkey after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on Monday. (Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images)A man looks at rescue personnel searching for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)
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