After weeks of rescue efforts, focus of Turkish authorities shifts to rehabilitation and reconstruction in the country's 11 provinces devastated by 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes earthquakes that have left more than 50,000 dead in Türkiye and Syria.
An estimated 470 whales were discovered beached on the shore and sand bars along the remote island state of Tasmania. Veterinary teams are assessing a few more distressed whales for more mercy killings "based on animal welfare grounds."