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Scenes of grief and destruction after 7.8 magnitude earthquake

Photos from the quake zone show flattened buildings and heartbreaking loss.

Image: Kahramanmaras earthquake felt strongly in Syria
People search the debris of a collapsed building in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, on Monday. Muhammed Said / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

More than 2,600 people are known to have died in Turkey and northern Syria on Monday after powerful earthquakes and aftershocks struck the region. The toll is expected to rise on both sides of the border.

Dozens of quakes hit the region over 24 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, including four at magnitude 6 or stronger.

A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble in Adana, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2023.
A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble in Adana. Can Erok / AFP - Getty Images
A collapsed building in Azmarin, near the Turkish border in the Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, early on Feb. 6, 2023.
A car sits crushed under a collapsed building in Azmarin, near the Turkish border in rebel-held Idlib, Syria. Omar Haj Kadour / AFP - Getty Images

A member of the Syrian civil defense, known as the "White Helmets," carries a child rescued from the rubble in Zardana in Syria' Idlib province, early on Feb. 6, 2023.
A member of Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue force widely known as the White Helmets, carries a child from the rubble in Zardana in Idlib.Abdulaziz Keta / AFP - Getty Images
Residents retrieve a child from the rubble in Jandaris in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo province.
Residents retrieve a child from the rubble in Jandaris in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo province.Rami Al Sayed / AFP - Getty Images
Patients in al-Rahma hospital in Darkush in Syria's Idlib province.
Patients in al-Rahma hospital in Darkush in Idlib. Omar Haj Kadour / AFP - Getty Images
Residents retrieve an injured man from the rubble in Jandaris, Syria.
Residents retrieve an injured man from the rubble in Jandaris.Rami Al Sayed / AFP - Getty Images