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With over 19,000 dead, hopes fade for finding Turkey and Syria quake survivors

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February 9, 2023 News from NPR, World

Syrians warm up by a fire at a make-shift shelter for people who were left homeless, near the rebel-held town of Jindayris on Feb. 8, 2023.

Rescue workers pressed their search Thursday across Turkey and Syria for survivors from this week’s massive earthquake and aftershocks as the window to find people alive began to close.

(Image credit: RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images)

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