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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rupert Neate

Friday briefing: What explains Libya and Morocco’s very different responses to catastrophe?

Rescuers and villagers sift through the rubble of a destroyed building in a village near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 13, 2023.
Rescuers and villagers sift through the rubble of a destroyed building in a village near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 13, 2023. Photograph: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning. The world has been struck by not one but two natural disasters in recent days – and today, we take a look at the local and international responses to the earthquake in Morocco and devastating flooding in Libya.

At least 2,900 people are known to have died in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains a week ago today, and the authorities warn the death toll will rise higher.

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