Miracle rescues as quake toll passes 25,000

Rescuers attend to 37-year-old survivor Ece Koseoglu in Hatay, Turkey on Friday. She was one of 61 people found alive in quake rubble in the previous 24 hours, authorities said. (Photo: Reuters)


Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead.

Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through flattened neighbourhoods despite freezing weather that has compounded the misery of millions now in desperate need of aid.