Residents from a village in Kahramanmaras try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, as the government and NGOs vow to help with the recovery after the deadliest disaster in a century.
Survivors speak of sinking homes and elevated ground in a village of Hatay province split into two by powerful February 6 earthquakes.
New buildings "will not be higher than three to four floors" and will be planned according to local culture and customs, says Turkish Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum.
President Erdogan announces 35,418 deaths in last week's earthquake, making it the country's worst disaster in a century.
The real scale of the disaster is only now becoming clear, with damaged buildings being assessed and efforts under way to restore gas, electricity and telephone services.
One resident has been killed and more than 60 people have been pulled from the rubble after a five-storey apartment building collapsed near a slum district in Mahad.
Rescue team pulled the bodies of two victims from a collapsed market building in the town of Padada as they hunted for possible survivors trapped under the debris.
Student survivors of last month's shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida are set to join thousands others in Washington in what is expected to be their biggest demonstration yet to demand reforms in gun laws.
The airline's chief executive says there was confusion from the control tower, but the airport manager has not confirmed the claims. Witnesses say the plane abruptly changed its direction while survivors say they were not warned
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