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Türkiye's Antakya becomes a ghost city after third earthquake

People warm themselves around one of the small fires on the footpaths of Antakya. (Reuters: Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Trucks, emergency vehicles and excavators lined the desolate streets of Türkiye's Antakya on Tuesday night, after the third major earthquake in two weeks accelerated an exodus from the once lively city.

In the pitch-black streets, passing headlights revealed mounds of rubble, frames of broken windows, and entangled reinforcing bar.

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