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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Henriette Chacar and Ali Kucukgocmen

Mattresses, documents, electronics: Turks risk it all to retrieve belongings

Men sit and talk in front of destroyed properties in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey, February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Earthquake survivors in Turkey risked returning to their damaged or collapsed homes for one last chance to salvage what they could from their past lives, hours before another deadly quake struck the region on Monday.

Reuters saw dozens of people climb mounds of rubble, crawl through cracked walls and tread up broken stairs to retrieve documents, furniture and electric appliances – anything that could help them start over.

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